When I got to professional ball I used to play 150 games every year. It depends on how many games there was.
The Yankees don't pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
If I'm not going to play a lot I'd like to have a chance to win every time I jump between the pipes.
If you are not playing a player, any player, for two, three, four games, then you don't have to give a reason for that. But if it gets to eight or nine games, then you have to explain the situation. What's going on?
Players want to play a lot of rugby. We're walking contradictions at times in that we want to play a lot of rugby, but we don't want to play too much rugby, and we want to be available for all the big games, yet there are times when you have to sacrifice that because of game limits.
The best example is the NBA, with high intensity and long breaks. During the season, the NBA teams play every three days. That's a lot, and they also travel far. But from the end of May until October, they have their break.
Players today moan about the number of games, but when you're young, you can't play enough.
You play 162 days, and you play every day, or you try to play every day, and it's going to take a toll on your body. But that's what we're out here for. We're out here to play.
When I think about it, if somebody was to pass Pete Rose's record just playing in Japan, that would be a bigger accomplishment because of the few games they play over there.
The buzz we had in 2000-01 was unique. We played 34 matches between January 1 and May 19, but lost only four.
This whole 'tired footballers' and three-games-a-week thing is an absolute myth.
After a Saturday game, we're in on a Sunday to cool down and make sure we're fully back at it again. But it doesn't really affect things too much. It's basically like you've had a game on the Saturday, and then you're in the cup on a Tuesday.
I feel like I'd be able to gain so much by playing big games on a regular basis, including the Champions League.
I have to admit, between the Seahawks games and the Blazer games and playoffs games, we're talking about close to 100 games a year, so I don't really follow other sports a lot.
When you touch the ball 400 times per game, it's normal that you can lose the ball a couple of times.
Nobody wants to train every day so the more games the better.
It's easier to date a football player for sure. Football players have one game a week, and they practice every day, but they're all at home. In basketball, they're on the road all the time.
When I was playing week-in week-out, I was playing 46 games a season, and there's nothing better than playing every week.
You just want to be in every day with the other players; you want to play a game every day if you can.
I haven't forgotten how to play football. But I need to play each weekend.
It is impossible to play 60 games all season and be in good form all the time.
It is not a problem to sit on the bench: absolutely not. When you have three games in a week, and you don't play, though, you have to think about it.
As a player, you want to play a lot of games.
In any footballer's head there comes a point where he recognises that he needs to be playing more games.
When I arrived at Chelsea, I had got used to playing 50 games, and suddenly, I was sharing my position with another player.
