Game Level Quotes

The balls used in top class games are generally smaller than those used in others.

The caliber of play in professional football compared to college is better and everybody knows it. They don't realize how much better. What a giant leap forward in the ability of talent level, the speed, and even the grasp of what you are trying to do. There is no other distractions before the players.

What happens when you have to use your top guys so much, they're going to hit a wall at some point, and they'll go four or five games where they just don't have the juice to play at the level that you need, and therefore your team suffers a little bit.

The players are coming to try every game, every weekend, so that the Manchester City people can be proud, and we will see what is our level to achieve our battles.

People have always doubted whether I was good enough to play this game at this level. I thought I was, and I thought I could be. What other people thought was really always irrelevant to me.

I think I have a passion for playing the game. I love to play, and I want to play at a high level. You have to do the right things in order to continue at that level.

At international level, giving the ball away doesn't work too often.

When big teams play each other, you automatically want to raise your game. You want to see what level you're at, and you know you have to step up.

A Germany team should not be afraid going into a tournament. History shows that we can raise the level of our game when it matters.

When we are with the national team we are playing against much better players.

Experience is a big thing when playing in the Premier League - it's a different game to any other league.

If you are a good player and if you are good enough to be at that level, you should back yourself to show that you can perform in all situations.

The majors and big events eventually bring the best players to the top so if I play well or not I always find playing the big events very motivating because it shows you where the game is at.

To see a player dunk in women's college basketball is just amazing. It's great to see that the game has reached that level now.

Mourinho asks me to play as I did with Tottenham, but at a higher level.

Every manager has different opinions and all you can do as a player is try to fight and get your spot back, or at least earn your manager's trust back to try and get your spot back. There's no use sulking about it, you just get on with it and try to raise your game to get back to the level you need to be when you were starting.

Of all the games I've done, the only time I've ever lost my voice was on 'Call Of Duty 2,' playing a rasping Russian captain on the Stalingrad level.

This is the best Man United have played in Europe this season and, conversely, the opposition has been excellent.

I'd be walking off the court thinking I didn't put everything out there, which was the last thing I wanted, so I just went out there and focused on my game, and it worked out great. It's nice to know I can play at that level, but to do it week in, week out is a different challenge, and I want to be able to do that.

If I have a keeper who makes a mistake in consecutive games and is dropped, when he plays again, there is pressure on him because that is the level of the game we are at.

You can't compare regular season to postseason.

I think if you can score the ball, you can play at any level.