Pat Gillick Quotes

I gotta respect our sport, my division, and the guys that are fighting in it. That's what I gotta do.

We've been training since we were small. You definitely got to love it to be part of this family. We like to have fun. We like to work hard, and always staying out of trouble and always doing the right thing.

I love Evan Turner. I think he's a great teammate. I think he's a hard worker. I think he loves basketball. I don't think you can overvalue that.

I had too much respect for the game to leave it behind or to make it my second or third sport in college.

You cannot just switch football on and off; it's intense. There were times when I probably shouldn't have got involved in certain things and said certain things, but you feel that sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe. Maybe the supporters looked to me to stand up as well.

And I think because of the passion of every English player and every English supporter, and every English journalist for the game, most of the game is played with passion, love for football and instinct, but in football you also have to think.

Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.

I love the atmosphere football brings; I love being around my teammates; I love the struggle in football. I love the fact that it is a part of my life. I don't look at it as any more important or less important as any other part of my life.

Everything about morality and obligations I owe to football.

I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the teamwork, the sacrifice, the commitment, the joy, the camaraderie, the relationship with the fans.

You know, I think He honestly does care about how we play on the field, more than anything more than win or lose our hearts on the field.

I always thought being a gamer and someone who had a sense of responsibility to the game and to my teammates was the honorable thing.

Football is about winning; it's that simple. You have to love what you do. If you're here for the money, than you don't belong here.

Obviously you have to have talent in order to play so you can't overlook that, but we won't overlook the character issue when it comes to talent because if they have talent and they don't have character, it's going to be very difficult to coach that person.

Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

In football, like in life, you must learn to play within the rules of the game.

And, you know, you try and preach to them there's more to this game than just walking up to home plate, swinging the bat, fielding a ground ball. There's some dedication in it, some love you've got to put into this work.

I love what I do and I love being an athlete, but I also love all the things that have come with it.

What is learned on the athletic field is not forgotten, nor are the lessons of character that are forged there ever lost. Consider the contributions in the field of public life, business, law, medicine, and the military of those who actively participated in athletics.

I think my biggest trait is to play extremely hard within the rules of the game.

I love this game. When I step on the court I'm going to compete. That's one of the reasons I work hard every day.

I think TNA has been an excellent locker room. They have a good mentality, they have a good work ethic, and they try really hard. They're obviously really passionate about wrestling, and there's a huge amount of talent.

We all know what my game is, to play hard. Not dirty, but play hard.

I'm not a dirty player. I love this game, and I'm playing hard.

Every time I step onto the field, whether people like it or not, I'm not trying to play dirty - I'm just playing tough.