Quotes about Players

Good attitudes among players do not guarantee a team's success, but bad attitudes guarantee it's failure.

Old card players never die, they just shuffle away.

There are too many British players who just aren't good enough. And that's not through lack of effort. But in terms of getting to the top 100, and getting into Wimbledon on their ranking, I feel as though there are too many players who just aren't good enough.

Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear - good coaches do not.

I want to buy pizza, but my players don't want pizza; maybe they don't love pizza. Because I said when we make a clean sheet, I will buy everybody a pizza. Maybe they wait until I say, 'Okay, a good dinner.' I told them, the clean sheet, I buy everybody a pizza. I think they wait until I improve my offer: 'Okay, a pizza and a hot dog.'

I think players changing coaches is normal.

We always gave one-day cricket respect as players, definitely.

I think you judge players and managers on how they perform at World Cups.

I want to use my connections with coaches, players, celebrities, whomever, and if I can take that friendship and use it to help someone else, I'm going to take advantage of that. I'm not going to apologize for that.

I've talked to other players that have been to the Super Bowl and about what happened the next year. Everybody becomes stars. Everybody feels like, 'I'm the man.'

West Virginia is a relatively small state. There are only a handful of football players that come out of West Virginia.

I think it's pretty unique to see a coach adjust to the talent he has and maximize the abilities of players he has and help them keep growing.