"You must have your player's heads and hearts before they will do anything for you"
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"Ultimately the presence of other well known players is driving us to build a more compelling, innovative product."
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"If you ever want to be a decent player, you have to be able to use both feet without stopping to think about it."
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"In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity; every player must put the team first ahead of personal glory."
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"In my mind, I'm always the best. If I walk out on the court (and) I think the next person is better, I've already lost."
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"You must respect people and work hard to be in shape. And I used to train very hard. When the others players went to the beach after training, I was there kicking the ball."
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"Ronaldo has come through for the past two or three years and is the best in Europe. I think at the moment no doubt Ronaldo is the best player."
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"Don't let talent get in way of team performance. Great players do what's outstanding for team, not what makes them stand out"
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"There is a lot of basketball beyond our control, but a player should never let anyone try harder than he does"
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"You should sub a player out when you see a player not going full-speed or playing selfish basketball."
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"Lyrically I'm supposed to represent, I'm not only the client, I'm the player president"
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"You have to go into each match believing you can beat all of the players."
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"I'd rather be a good person off the field than a good baseball player on the field."
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"It just feels good to say we're the best team in the world, with the best player in the world."
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"I wasn't as critical during games as I was at practice. Players needed confidence during games more than criticism."
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"I have played against (Michel) Platini, (Diego) Maradona, (Johan) Cruyff and played with George Best — a lot of big names, but none of them has been able to do what Messi does. Two years ago I said that the best player I played against was Maradona and the best player I have played with was Bestie. But I can now say I have never seen a player as good as Messi. He’s in a league of his own."
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"I've always felt that 'game over' is a state of failure more for the game designer than from the player."
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"What took me decades to learn, these kids can get on the Internet...What I learned by brute force, dealing out hands, they learn on computers. It tends to make for fairly technical players, but they make up for it with aggression, the kind that comes when you learn things fast."
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"Every day in practice I have to lead by example. But at the same time, when people aren't doing what they're supposed to be doing, you're responsible as a player. You can't rely on the coaches to say everything. The players have to be responsible and take ownership of the team. Every day in practice there are situations where you need to say something and get a message across, but do it in the right way."
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"And if there come the singers, and the dancers and the flute players - buy of their gifts also. For they too are gatherers of fruit and frankincense, and that which they bring, though fashioned of dreams, is raiment and fod for your soul."
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