Franchise Player Quotes

I think Paul Pierce, the way he manufactures points, is the best player the Celtics have seen thus far.

From a pure basketball standpoint, it's hard to say you wouldn't want Kawhi Leonard on your team.

I am so thankful and appreciative of being a part of this franchise and playing in front of the best fans in the NFL. I will be back.

My thing is, when Barkley played basketball, he didn't practice, he wasn't a leader, he wasn't this or that, he just had natural talent so he got chosen to the Dream Team, All Star team because he had the talent and he was the franchise player on the team.

At the end of the day, you just want to go to a team that believes in you... and hopefully wants to build a franchise around you.

It doesn't matter who picks me up, I'm going to try and be a franchise player for them.

Sachin has been an integral part of Mumbai Indians and a source of inspiration for the team ever since the inception.

I don't put the pressure on everybody else. I put the pressure on myself because I am that franchise guy. I am the guy that has to be the leader of the team, that has to get everybody better, make everybody better on my team.

When Paul Heyman came and gave me the whole idea for the character, 'The Franchise,' I remember the NFL was just starting to classify one of their players as the franchise player. So that was the whole idea, that 'The Franchise' was the franchise player for ECW.

When you are a free agent like I was, it definitely makes a big difference when you know there's stability at the quarterback position.

I'm trying to be a franchise player one day.

I don't think any Patriots fan would want anything other than for Tom Brady to stay.

I think Giannis can be a LeBron-type player, like an all-world, Hall of Famer, MVP, legend, one of the best ever. He's doing the right things to put himself in that situation. I think he will get there.

I think a guy like Saquon Barkley is a very special back, and where the was drafted was very appropriate.

You should never say 'D'Brickashaw' and 'bust' in the same sentence. You should never even think that. It should be D'Brickashaw, Pro Bowl, D'Brickashaw, Jets, Super Bowl.

It's a quarterback-driven league, so quarterbacks get rewarded a lot of money.

You see great players, Hall of Fame players that didn't stay with their team.

It might be okay for somebody else on the roster to sit on the sideline but it's not okay for me to be. I'm the franchise player, I'm the guy on both the microphone and in the ring.

I want to be one of those rare players who gets to play his whole career in one place.

There aren't too many Mookie Betts, Mike Trouts or Bryce Harpers out there to be grabbed. Those players only come around once every 10 years.

I'm pretty sure every team in the NBA would love to have Paul Pierce on their team.

I've seen where teams pay to get a player, like when Los Angeles paid to get Wayne Gretzky.

A franchise player, to me, is a guy like Kirby Puckett, Cal Ripken, a guy who's been in one organization through their entire career.

Welcome to Smackdown. This is where the franchise plays. That's Tazz, he's a thug. And that's Michael Cole, he's gay.

Obviously, when you take a quarterback, when you take anybody in the first round, it means something.