Player Diversity Quotes

I remember when I came into the NBA, eighteen years ago, there were maybe nine to twelve international players playing in the NBA. Today we've got more than 85, so that tells you how our game has grown at that level.

Foreign players is what makes golf so popular now.

If you seriously aspire to be a manager in the big leagues, there is a baseball 'book' that one must learn. Alongside that book, you must practice Spanish. Of 25 players on each roster, sometimes there are between eight and 15 players who speak Spanish.

Different players have different characteristics.

I move very well. Being able to go at different types of players, that's where I have an advantage.

My philosophy about the game, for instance, is that you have players out there who really do different things.

Everyone said that the NBA could not possibly make it because it had too many black players.

Every footballer has their own identity. A Uruguayan player is different to a Spanish player. A Portuguese player may be similar to a Spanish one, but not the same - and so on.

In every team I have played with, and of all of the attackers I have played with, each one was different.

There's not a lot of short quarterbacks in the league, but I think there's more guys paving the way for the transition of not really caring about how big you are, how tall you are.

You can't ask every player to do the same thing. That's why we have amazing midfielders, defenders, forwards and keepers. You can't ask them to be of the same mold.

You try on purpose to get players with different qualities which will rub off on one another.

Talking about world-class player, no player is easy to play at this level. Each player has a different style of play.

There are a lot of great midfielders in the world, with each having their own unique style.

I manage every player as well as I possibly can, regardless of which club they're from, what their roots are.