Bigs Quote by Michael Owen

You see it all the time, in all divisions, that teams raise themselves and apply themselves that little bit more when they play a…

— Adebayo Akinfenwa

When big teams play each other, you automatically want to raise your game. You want to see what level you're at, and you know…

— Edgar Davids

When it's a clash between two big teams, you know your players will concentrate.

— Frank Rijkaard

It takes the pressure off of your better players to know they don't always have to be on top of their game for the…

— Cal Hubbard

Teams go behind in games all the time.

— Matt Doherty

That's why football fans tune in, because you like seeing the teams at the bottom scrapping out against the top teams, and equally the…

— James Ward-Prowse

What matters most is that the team always comes ahead of the players.

— Carles Puyol

When you play teams that are better than you, you begin to play better too, because if you don?t, then they basically run over…

— Jessica Simosa

When the team is playing well, that's when the individuals come out even more.

— Marquinhos

When you are at the top, teams raise their game to play against you, breathing down your neck because they want what you have.

— Jonathan Agnew

There's nothing greater in the world than when somebody on the team does something good, and everybody gathers around to pat him on the…

— Billy Martin

Knowing that the teams in front of us are sometimes better than you, you have to recognise that and be humble. It's part of…

— Nuno Espirito Santo