#layers

Only 38 per cent of players in the Premier League are English; that is a damning statistic. Soon, the England manager will have to go scouting for players in the Championship - and when I say 'soon' I mean the next four or five years, perhaps even for the next World Cup. ↗

— Glenn Hoddle

#championship #cup #damning #england #english

The manager is by himself. He can't mingle with his players. I enjoyed my players, but I could not socialize with them so I spent a lot of time alone in my hotel room. Those four walls kind of close in on you. ↗

— Al Lopez

#close #could #enjoyed #four #himself

Our players are mad, but it's good mad. ↗

— Nancy Lopez

#mad #our #players

One of the biggest reasons I like coaching college ball is the kids. I feel I can impact players' lives. I like the fact that they're student-athletes. I like to see those kids graduate. ↗

— Rick Majerus

#biggest #coaching #college #fact #feel

Those days were very tough. All my teammates are white, and it was a different time. I couldn't go out to eat with the white players; I had to wait until someone brought something out to the bus. We couldn't stay in the same hotels. ↗

— Juan Marichal

#bus #days #different #eat #go

They have very good individual players, but they need the collective game. And they still do not have it although there are now only six months left to go. ↗

— Roger Milla

#collective #game #go #good #individual

Why are baseball managers the only coaches who dress up like the players? ↗

— Jay Mohr

#coaches #dress #like #managers #only

By obtaining a sense of its place in the unfolding drama of life, set in an ecological theatre, so we can understand why it has become one of the leading players. ↗

— Simon Conway Morris

#drama #ecological #leading #life #obtaining

I notice that teams are now more interested in Japanese players than when I first went to Europe. ↗

— Hidetoshi Nakata

#first #i #interested #japanese #more

Sometimes the ATP puts a lot of pressure on the players and sometimes you get injured because you play on a dangerous surface. Nothing happens, no one pays for that. ↗

— David Nalbandian

#dangerous #get #happens #injured #lot