League Experience Quotes

Probably my first couple years in the league, I started paying more attention to what I was wearing. Once I got a few bucks in my pocket and I could afford some nice things, and you get to go, 'OK, let's try some of these things.' And once you try something you like, you probably don't change it much.

Coaches who have been players in the league, they get so attuned to playing how they were successful and who their coaches were.

You can say baseball's fun, you're in the big leagues, you get to come to a Major League field every day - and, yeah, that's great. I love it.

We talked with PSG, but quickly, I knew that it wasn't where I wanted to go. In France, for me, it was only Lyon. PSG could have enabled me to make progress because they have great players, but I wanted to experience another league.

First year in the league, it's going to be difficult.

Things for me really started to click right after my third year in the league. I sort of figured out that there were a few things that I needed to do if I wanted to get better - I needed to gain some more weight and add some strength.

A lot of rookies don't come into the league and have that type of leeway that Coach Walton and his staff really gave me.

I have watched and coached in the Spanish League.

In this league, experience means a lot.

When I first came into the league, my first three, four years, I had a teammate from college win a Super Bowl.

When you are a young player in the NBA, sometimes you don't pay much attention to some of the cities you visit, especially in cold places like Toronto. But when you spend more time in the league you learn more about the cities you play in, and learn how to appreciate them more.

I've never seen anything like it since. Some of the Canada Cups came close, but by then a lot of European players came and played in our league so we were more familiar with them.

If I had a Paul Scholes in my team, everything would be around him. At Manchester United, they saw it like that, but I think Paul Scholes is one of the best I've played against in this league, and seen anywhere.

When I first came in the league, a lot of people were surprised by my knowledge about the history of the game.

It's funny, 'cause it seems like just yesterday that I was the youngest player just starting out. But now there are young players all over the league, and they'll ask me questions about playing overseas or finding an agent.

I'm not surprised by much in this league. You see and hear all kinds of stuff, you never know what can happen.

At the end of the day, you go through different paths in the league. I wouldn't change anything about it.

I've learned in this league that things sort themselves out.

You learn, across the league, with very successful quarterbacks, nobody does it by themselves.

For a lot of guys in this league, it's confidence - once they play a year or two, they start to figure it out.

It's going to be awesome getting to learn from a guy like Alex Smith, who's had a ton of success in the league.

The thing I enjoy is that I have come to league as a union player, and I have to adapt to different situations I am facing.

I never was brought into the league thinking as far as, you know, statistics, things like that. We were really brought into the league in a team concept. Everything was focused around winning.

Everyone in the league has a journey or a legacy, whether you're in the league for five years or you're in the league for one year.

I have grown so much since I started in this league and it's something that I feel that every single year I'm always learning, always growing.