Excuses Quote by Gareth Thomas

If you're not playing, you're probably trying to find excuses when it's probably your fault.

— Matt Doherty

In football, the worst things are excuses. Excuses mean you cannot grow or move forward.

— Pep Guardiola

I'm not really happy when I come out of a game without many tackles. At the same time, when I look back at it,…

— Aaron Wan-Bissaka

A second-choice goalkeeper can sometimes say: 'Oh, it's a lack of games, it's different when you train compared to when you play.' But there…

— Emiliano Martinez

My players have to be competitors before footballers. They don't pull out of tackles in training. It's full-tilt and if we pick up injuries,…

— Chris Wilder

When you don't play, you need to support the team and your team-mates need to feel that you are behind them fully.

— Kolo Toure

If I have to make a tackle then I have already made a mistake.

— Paolo Maldini

Sometimes that kind of last-ditch tackle can get the crowd excited, and you get a push from that. It's important to play with that…

— Xabi Alonso

If I hit a bad punt, and some guys don't make a tackle, and I have to make a tackle for them, that's my…

— Pat McAfee

I'm a competitor, and I'm sure a lot of people who don't get to play because of an injury, whether it's their pride or…

— Josh Allen

When we are up against a team with a lot of talent that plays well, we have to run hard, go into the tackle…

— Weston McKennie

Sometimes games may not go the way you plan it, and sometimes you have to do the dirty, gritty stuff well - you have…

— Jesse Lingard