I want to be remembered one day as a great player, good athlete and a good professional.

He is a legend - not just Africa and Chelsea but the whole world. Didier is a great player.

Every great player has learned the two Cs: how to concentrate and how to maintain composure.

I speak very highly of Jim Thome. Not only is he a great player, but he's a great individual.

The work of a team should always embrace a great player but the great player must always work.

I've got to give Larry Bird his due; he was a great player. He knew the game and he was smart.

You have to do more than the coaches ask you, or you'll never be a great player in this league.

I'm a great player; I'm one of the best defensive ends in the league, and I honestly think that.

Sean Taylor, great player has a history of really really bad judgment, really really bad judgment.

All the top clubs want to sign great players, but if you want a great player it costs a lot of money.

Cristiano is a great player with incredible quality, and if he joins Madrid, then he will be welcomed.

Mistakes are part of the game. It's how well you recover from them, that's the mark of a great player.

Vincent Janssen has come in and done very well. He's a great player and different type of player to me.

If I got a chance to play with another great player, I want to do that. I mean, the objective is to win.

I wasn't a great player, but I got a lot out of the game. I saw the world and made many lifelong friends.

Man, that first Leppard album really jams, and their original guitarist, Pete Willis, was a great player.

Gareth Bale is such a great player. I had watched him before on telly and you could see how special he is.

The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.

Rondo's a great player, and most teams look at it that anytime you have a chance to get a great player, you do it.

My dad was a great player, and it's up to me to be the best that I can be - even if I don't make it to that extent.

Just as the great composer is seldom also a great player, so is the great mathematician seldom also a great teacher.

Tom Brady is a great quarterback, he's a great player, and what you've seen with him is he's gotten better every year.

I'm not going to play with a filter anymore; I'm going to play the game I need to play to be a great player for my team.

The world's best when I was growing up was Pele and he would have been a great player now, too, but Messi surpasses him.

Cesc is a great player, one of the best midfielders and he creates chances. For a forward, he is a great player to have.

To be a great player and a great scorer, you have to find ways to get yourself open and get shots off. It's a dog fight.

Umtiti is a great player, and we expect him to stay at Barca for many more years and for him to enjoy his football with us.

A great player can win, but cannot claim titles alone. You need to have a great team who are close and able to support you.

Mario Gotze is a great player, but one of my favourites is Marco Reus, who is a fantastic player, and one of the very best.

Coutinho is a friend and also a great player. He's got incredible passing ability; he knows how to put attackers in on goal.

Bernard is a great player, a player for the Brazilian national team, and I also followed his progress with Atletico Mineiro.

Messi has a unique talent, he plays alongside quality players like Xavi and Andres Iniesta. Cristiano is also a great player.

I want to be remembered as a great footballer and a great player. When our football days are over, that's all we are - people.

Judge me all you want as a player. Some people think I'm a great player, some people don't. That's fine. Numbers don't ever lie.

Baresi was not tall but he was a great player, while Cannavaro was the best defender in the world - hopefully I will be the same.

Kobe is probably an idol for so many players. He was such a great player so you wanted to be like Kobe. He's a legend that never dies.

Pogba is a great player and left Juve by his own decision. It makes sense that he is singled out at any club - and even more so at United.

Pogba has never stopped improving. He has everything to become a great player. If he keeps his head on his shoulders, he can make history.

Everyone has helped me, but in particular, Scott Parker 100 per cent. What a person to be around: a great player and just a great human being.

You can't be a great player without playing both ends of the floor. And that's what I do - I really focus in, and my athletic ability helps me.

I was impressed by Hendrix. Not so much by his playing, as his attitude - he wasn't a great player, but everything else about him was brilliant.

When I started, I didn't think I would become a great player. It was my passion; I had interest. My parents supported me. In that way, I continued.

To have a great player like Neymar at PSG would be a great honour. He's a phenomenal player, and to have great player is a great thing for the team.

Coming in, I wanted to be a great player, and right now at the beginning of my career, I'm showing some slight sunshine that I can be the player I want.

It's not a good feeling when you get booed. But I don't want to be good because somebody booed me. I want to be great player because that's the way I am.

Ibrahimovic is certainly a great player, but during a match, I don't waste any thoughts on who is opposing me, and you never have any fears on the pitch.

What's the difference between a good player and a great player? A good player plays well in his own conditions - a great player plays well in all conditions.

Like I said, when you have to play against a great player every night, that defines who you are if you can compete on that same level night in and night out.

If I follow the media and everyone that tries to set expectations for me because I'm a high draft pick, if I follow that, I will never become a great player.

The people you looked up to growing up, every great player has a signature shoe. That's why I wanted one. I want to walk around and see people wearing my shoe.

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