#layers

You're looking for players whose name on the front of the sweater is more important than the one on the back. I look for these players to play hard, to play smart and to represent their country. ↗

— Herb Brooks

#country #front #hard #i #important

People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not. ↗

— Tommy Lasorda

#go #i #out #people #people say

There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens. ↗

— Tommy Lasorda

#baseball players #happen #happens #make #make it happen

You have got to boss scrums. The players need to know what you want them to adhere to. Then it is up to them to decide whether they are adhering to that or not. ↗

— Alan Lewis

#adhering #boss #decide #got #know

I have 23 top players and they are all ready to put on the jersey and work on the pitch and that makes you happy and then you have peace of mind. ↗

— Diego Maradona

#i #jersey #makes #mind #peace

When Jackie got his big contract at CBS and was putting together what turned out to be almost a stock company of players, he remembered Frank and said, 'Get me that kid who played the jail sketch.' ↗

— Audrey Meadows

#big #cbs #company #contract #frank

I just think overall a lot of it has to do with conditioning and players putting in the time and the effort in the off-season to keep themselves in condition for 12 months a year. ↗

— Mark Messier

#conditioning #effort #i #just #keep

I played with a lot of great players before. They're all the same. They take a lot of responsibility for their own play, put a lot of pressure on themselves to perform and to play well. ↗

— Mark Messier

#great #i #lot #own #perform

I am happy at Leeds and I want to stay. There has been talk that Leeds might sell some players, but all the players believe we can win some silverware next season and it is important that we are all kept together. ↗

— Robbie Keane

#been #believe #happy #i #i am

Whatever the reason is, I hope we can finish talking about the Olympics. It's gone, it's behind us. The schedule wasn't proper for players who went there and there is some fatigue in a lot guys' play right now. ↗

— Saku Koivu

#behind #fatigue #finish #gone #guys