Excuse Quote by Mick McCarthy

I'm a team-first player.

— Deebo Samuel

In my day, 20-year-olds already had 150 first-team appearances under their belts.

— Roberto Mancini

I thought the first Welsh team I played in was the golden generation, with Neville Southall, Mark Hughes, Ian Rush, Dean Saunders, Gary Speed,…

— Chris Coleman

When you join this club as a young player you know you've got a mountain to climb to get yourself into the first team.…

— Gary Neville

The first team play in a certain way and when players are thrown into the first team you want to make sure they can…

— Harry Kewell

I've been on a 1-15 team.

— Danny Amendola

I've been on a bunch of teams in my career.

— J. D. Martinez

When I wasn't in the Wales first team, I was always with the under-19s and under-21s and the coaches were always big on keeping…

— Harry Wilson

We have a lot of players in their first year. Some of them are also in their last year.

— Bill Walsh

You can be 19 or 20 and playing reserve team football, be able to say 'I played at,' say, 'Manchester United,' even though you…

— Matt Doherty

Before Bolton I played for Real Madrid and I was getting involved in the first-team training since I was 16 and then I played…

— Marcos Alonso

The team comes first before my personal ambition.

— Victor Osimhen