Emre Can Quotes

Anyway, I've never been captain in 16 years in the NHL. But that didn't stop me being a leader in my own way.

If there was no Bill Bowerman, there would have been no me. He had about as much of an impact on my life as any one person could have. He taught me about competition and ingrained it in me. He taught me not to praise ordinary performances.

A good director is like a good coach. You want to play for him. You want to really show him your good stuff. You don't want to let that person down. Ridley Scott is one of those guys.

Steven Gerrard is the best player I have played with throughout my career; therefore, my ideal player would be very like him.

It's easy to be patient because you have a guy in the room like Eli Manning who comes in every day, one of the first people in the building and one of the last ones to leave and he's been in the league as long as he has. So that's what it takes to continue to get better, and he sets the standard, and I need to reach it.

Bill Belichick has been an awesome, awesome guy to learn from.

All the way through the youth ranks at Sao Paulo, I've always been the captain.

I like to always lead from the front and set an example for whoever is playing with me or around me. I like taking responsibilities. That is my natural thing.

I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That's what I try to do.

I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach.

I just want to be great. I want to stand out, be a great leader for this defense, and I'm just trying to leave it all out on the field.

Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.

You can't put a price on what Mark McGwire brings to the Cardinals organization. The responsibility he accepts is as great as any number of home runs.

I demand excellence from the people I work with.

I've put in 63 years now in the big leagues as a player, coach, manager. And now just being around these young guys, it keeps you going pretty good.

There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.

I grew up watching my father work, and learning from him what good quality is. I took from him the passion to create beautiful and exclusive products. He also taught me to persevere if I want to reach my goals.

In order to gain the respect of your players in the locker room, you can't just perform on Saturday. You have to do it consistently during practices, meetings, and in the weight room.

I'm convinced many of America's heroes are public school teachers and administrators. Many of these people do what they do because of their faith.

If players are performing for you, their age shouldn't really matter, especially because the older players can bring their experience to the table.

I stay excited 'cause for me, this is something I love to do. I'm like Coca Cola with it. I been here for a long time, I just gotta keep it nice and stay up to date and also give them that quality taste that they been looking for. It's nothing to me. When you built for it, you born for it, you do it cuz you wanna do it, not cuz you have to.

Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!

The biggest thing is no matter what level I've played at, there is something I can bring to them.

I made a better decision in choosing my team. Sure, I had a bigger choice of players to choose from - but I couldn't have asked for a harder working group of players who did an incredible job.