Best Quote by Toni Kroos

The most time players get off is during the international breaks.

— Edwin van der Sar

We are the last remaining country to allow ourselves two breaks in the season. You just have to look at England, Italy and Spain,…

— Franz Beckenbauer

If you look at the players, they need more of a break. Some players only get as little as three weeks after a major…

— Joachim Low

Obviously, teams start wearing down. But that's kind of when you thrive, when the other team starts to get tired.

— Christian McCaffrey

Sometimes in the NBA, the schedule gets to be a lot with all these events, busses, planes and games. But once that's gone, you…

— O. J. Mayo

In and of itself, sports may be trivial, but as a symbol of the American way of life, it has enormous weight. We are…

— Thomas Boswell

The American professional schedule gives players a six-month off-season, so many of us have become pickup regulars while training without an organized team.

— Christen Press

In football, we do a proper pre-season and then there are so many matches until December. But then there's still half a season to…

— Diogo Jota

For Man City, and the teams up the top or even the teams at the bottom, if you're getting into your stride at that…

— Shaun Wright-Phillips

The regular season games are much more intense. And also, I believe that in 16 games, some teams separate themselves. The good teams separate…

— Tony Dungy

Imagine an NBA season where you don't have to travel. Whoever heard of something like that? If you can't look at that as some…

— Rick Carlisle

There are certain times during the season when the game is a job.

— Gordon Hayward