Complete Player Quotes

Ronaldo is brilliant, Messi more my kind of player. He sees the game so clearly. He can score, create; he's the complete player - the best ever, probably.

I'm becoming a more complete player. I have more shots. I can rely more on my putting, rely on my short game.

My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.

I'm trying to be a complete player and have every shot in the game.

Pelé was a complete player. I didn't see him live obviously, because I wasn't born.

Many say that (Pete) Sampras is the greatest player. But I say with all due respect to the rest, that he (Roger Federer) is the most complete player in the world so far.

I wanted to be a complete player, and I felt like the dunks started to overshadow other parts of my game.

I always could hit, but fielding I had to work at. I took as much pride in fielding as hitting. I became a complete ballplayer. I knew when to take the extra base. I knew about the outfielder hitting the cutoff man. I knew when and how to bunt. I knew when to hit-and-run.

I don't just want to be a drag-flicker. I want to be become a complete hockey player.

The greatest player in the world. Ronaldinho? Absolutely. I just can't get enough of watching him play - he's a delight for the eye. His technique is incredible, his touch, his vision, he scores and he orchestrates everything. He's just the complete player. I know how difficult it is for a forward playing at this level, but for him it's so easy. He does it every single game and it's just unbelievable to watch.

I love to tackle, especially when the grass is wet, but my main aim is to be a complete goalkeeper who can do everything.

I think you can never be a complete player.

I want to be the complete midfielder, someone who can defend and attack. Steven Gerrard is someone who's done that very well over the years, and he is someone I am trying to emulate.

I think I am a complete player. I can play well on all the surfaces. For me, the clay might be easiest, but I am not a specialist on clay.

In my time abroad, I learned to become a more complete player.

It would be very difficult to find a more complete player than Milner. There are players who are better technically. There are quicker players. There are players who head the ball better. But show me a player who does all the things that Milner does well, and there isn't one.

Pele was the most complete player I've ever seen.

My favorite quarterback is Donovan McNabb. I think he's a complete quarterback. I love the way he can scramble and throw on the run. He can do it all. He can control a game.

Shevchenko is the best attacker in Europe. He has a great deal of consistency and he just keeps scoring - which in Italian football is very difficult. He is a complete player, someone who can do everything on a football field.

In the last 15 to 20 years the best central midfielder that I have seen - the most complete - is SCHOLES

I try to be a complete player - in attack and in defence - and to improve every year.

Every player wants to be as complete as possible and goals for a central midfielder are very important.

You need to beat a defender when you have the ball. You need to be able to successfully pass to a team-mate, and there are other attributes needed to be the complete player.

I started in a 4-3-3 formation at Ajax, playing in left midfield. There, you need to be just as involved defensively as you are going forward. You attack and you defend, and that allows you to be a complete player.

I just try to work on my craft. Try to be as complete a player as possible, and I've just been focusing on being a consistent player.