Player Worth Quotes

I don't always feel like a valued player.

Sure, sometimes guys pass you up in salary, and maybe it's a lesser player, but it's all based on what a team has as far as value in that person.

You measure a player from the head up.

I don't necessarily care about the money aspect of it. I just want to be valued where I'm at. If I am playing this game, I want to set standards for all the other running backs behind me, like Todd Gurley and Ezekiel Elliott, Melvin Gordon, guys like that.

Nowadays, it's hard to know if a player really deserves the money spent on him, because transfer values are high.

Paul Pogba cost Manchester United €105 million. Does he play like this?

Kobe is worth every penny, and I'd never had any doubt that he'd contribute to this team.

When a player deserves to play, with me, he'll play.

Today, you hit .230, and you get a million and a half and think you're underpaid.

If you asked all the goalkeepers in my era, they will tell you that they were worth a lot more than the price they were bought.

I am not a mercenary. Milan was my home. They made a good deal, though. They signed me for 10 million euros and sold me for 42 million euros.

Some of the money going to the rookies can now be spent on people who have proved their worth. After all, the average playing life of a pro football player is about eight years and it is only fitting that the veterans get something for their efforts.

It's not the name that makes the player. It's the player.

In Spain, players have an official price tag, just like shirts hanging in a shop do.

Money doesn't always define basketball.

You don't have to be too clever to know that if Barcelona loaned me to another team, it's because they have little interest in me.

Everything depends on the club more than the player: the quantities, the paperwork.

When you're not the Steph Currys or the Kyrie Irvings of the league, long-term promises are irrelevant.

If a goalkeeper can save you 15-20 points a season, his value is high. It's like a striker scoring 20 goals a season.

Regarding my pay, my salary, that I don't 'earn a lot,' these are things that are a result of two years ago when I came to Inter. To me, it was a good contract for having arrived at Inter. I signed the contract with the excitement and desire to prove my worth and be an important player for Inter.

For several years, I have had my eye on second baseman Del Pratt of St. Louis. I cannot say that he is a better player than our own Joe Gedeon, but he has played better ball, and we wanted him. Well, how did I get him? I paid $15,000 in cash and gave away a number of good players for him. But what can you do?

I don't think running backs have ever been under-valued.

I don't want to give up multiple draft picks for a rental player who is going to be our ninth man.

Transfer fees don't show which player is better. It's only a number necessary for a club to get a player.

And historically the owners have used loyalty to a team or a city to hold players as opposed to always paying their worth.