#layers

The thing is, don't get me wrong, I still love scoring and I hate to lose but now I see myself more as making players play better. Sometime you do what you have to do and you have to perform, that is still there, but in my mind I am thinking about making the guys around me play better and that is never an easy thing to do. ↗

— Thierry Henry

#am #around #better #easy #easy thing

It would be fantastic to have the two top-ranked players in the world playing out of the same club. ↗

— John Higgins

#fantastic #out #players #playing #same

Snooker players go into steady decline and lose their intensity after a while. But I will have real purpose the next five years. I want to prove people wrong and win a lot more tournaments. ↗

— John Higgins

#decline #five #go #i #intensity

With some other top players I'm part of a company trying to put on events in Europe, especially Germany, but also Poland, Austria, Russia. There's so much talent coming out of the Far East now, and we want the same thing in Europe. ↗

— John Higgins

#austria #coming #company #east #especially

My saddest decision in football was leaving Paul Gascoigne out of the 1998 World Cup finals. But he wasn't fit enough and once that decision is made, as a manager and a group of players, you forget about who isn't there and focus on the job. ↗

— Glenn Hoddle

#cup #cup finals #decision #enough #finals

The old adage that you shouldn't change a winning team doesn't apply in modern international football because managers have to study the opposition and pick players who exploit their weaknesses. ↗

— Glenn Hoddle

#apply #because #change #exploit #football

I like to watch soccer, no matter what teams or players are in the field. ↗

— Andres Iniesta

#i #like #matter #players #soccer

If there is one thing that all players have in common it is that winning, competitive gene; the ability to overcome obstacles and fight for what you want from your career. ↗

— Andres Iniesta

#career #common #competitive #fight #gene

Small players learn to be intuitive, to anticipate, to protect the ball. A guy who weighs 90 kilos doesn't move like one who weighs 60. In the playground I always played against much bigger kids and I always wanted the ball. Without it, I feel lost. ↗

— Andres Iniesta

#always #anticipate #ball #bigger #feel

It's the same with the ballplayers. Babe Ruth spent a lot, too and the ballplayers make a lot more money now. ↗

— Mickey Gilley

#babe ruth #ballplayers #lot #make #money