#layers

When you're winning games, everyone thinks everything the manager says and does is fantastic. Then it goes the other way, and those earlier criticisms of players can backfire. ↗

— Gary Lineker

#does #earlier #everyone #everything #fantastic

When I was playing I felt tired all the time. My recovery period was a lot longer than the other players. They'd be ok after an hour - I'd have to stay in bed till the next session. ↗

— Jonah Lomu

#bed #felt #hour #i #longer

The ability of players to jump teams when their contracts are up has hurt fan loyalty. ↗

— Will McDonough

#contracts #fan #hurt #jump #loyalty

I don't think the players play with the same desire they once did. ↗

— Will McDonough

#did #i #once #play #players

The two major things that changed the makeup of all professional sports are money generated by television and courts that players went to in order to win their freedom as free agents. ↗

— Will McDonough

#changed #courts #free #free agents #freedom

I think the players, I put in the book for example that we should go back to wood rackets, probably they laughed at me, I'm a dinosaur, but I think that you see these great players, have even more variety and you see more strategy, there'd be more subtlety. ↗

— John McEnroe

#book #dinosaur #even #example #for example

If Roger stopped right now and never won another match, to me he'd already be one of the greatest players to ever play the game. To me, he's the greatest all around talent that I've ever seen. ↗

— John McEnroe

#another #around #ever #game #greatest

I've always said the players don't build up rivalries themselves, people from the outside build up the rivalries. I just want to play good golf. I want to try and keep winning golf tournaments. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#build #golf #good #i #just

Two years ago, of course, I was just a rookie and listened to everybody. In a way I am still a rookie. I'm only 23 and I'll be surrounded by great players who have played in a lot more Ryder Cups than myself. But the rankings say I am the best player at the moment and so that brings a responsibility. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#am #best #brings #course #cups

I'm always learning from experiences because each one is different and there are different players involved in the project at the time with their own way of doing things. ↗

— Christopher Meloni

#because #different #different players #doing #each