#layer

Often there are players who have only football as a way of expressing themselves and never develop other interests. And when they no longer play football, they no longer do anything; they no longer exist, or rather they have the sensation of no longer existing. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#develop #exist #existing #expressing #football

The work of a team should always embrace a great player but the great player must always work. ↗

— Alex Ferguson

#embrace #great #must #player #should

I tried the broadcasting thing, the coaching thing, but I'll never replace the competitive feeling of being out on the field when we were players. ↗

— Gary Carter

#broadcasting #coaching #competitive #feeling #field

If any player has a bad game it's there in the back of your mind in the next game. There's always a hangover. It is like a wounded animal in a way, as you want to get out there as quick as possible and rectify it. ↗

— Rio Ferdinand

#animal #any #back #bad #bad game

Most professional players are their own biggest critics. Some of the things you read in the papers that strike you as bang out of order will already have been thought by the players themselves. ↗

— Rio Ferdinand

#bang #been #biggest #critics #most

There is a hangover from a defeat like Denmark - ask any player about when they've had a bad game, it's still in there somewhere in the back of your mind. ↗

— Rio Ferdinand

#any #ask #back #bad #bad game

I tell the players that the bus is moving. This club has to progress. And the bus wouldn't wait for them. I tell them to get on board. ↗

— Alex Ferguson

#bus #club #get #i #moving

Sometimes you're not sure about a player. Sometimes you doubt. Sometimes you have to guess. Sometimes... you just know. ↗

— Alex Ferguson

#doubt #guess #just #know #player

In England, it's a rare thing to see a player smoking but, all in all, I prefer that to an alcoholic. The relationship with alcohol is a real problem in English football and, in the short term, it's much more harmful to a sportsman. It weakens the body, which becomes more susceptible to injury. ↗

— Alex Ferguson

#alcoholic #becomes #body #england #english

You are responsible to each other because when you win a game of football, you only need eight players to perform well. ↗

— Alex Ferguson

#each #eight #football #game #need