Position Change Quotes

When I was Under-Secretary, I never got quoted at all. Now everything I say gets noted and printed.

I spent my time chasing rucks and never managing to hit any, so I quickly switched out to the backs.

Changing position comes naturally to me, to be honest.

I've played as a striker all my life. To play on the right or the left is always difficult.

When I was younger, I played as a right-back. I also played as a central defender, but I realised that I could dominate the ball quite calmly, so I started playing further forward in front of the back four.

I changed my position when I was 16 or 17. I started in midfield or further forward as a number 10, and then in one tournament, we lost two defenders to injury in the same game, and we didn't have any on the bench. So I played at the back, and the manager of the first team saw me, and he said, 'I want this guy in the first team,' and that was that!

Switching to the outfield was the best break I ever got.

Alboreto has dropped back up to fifth place.

Not everybody can like what I do, and if you feel that somebody is coming up closer to you and starting the rivalry and everything, you maybe change your position to him.

Ancelotti moved me to a new position and helped me raise my game.

I'm lucky to have played two different positions. But of course the experience I gained as a full back - knowledge of defending, and taking up the right positions, helps me as a midfielder.

In my time at Milan, the club played with a 4-3-1-2 formation, and I was the player behind the two strikers. At Real, I play behind three. There is a greater defensive obligation, but I try to work around the area.

I've played third base for a couple years. I did well, and I thought I was an elite player at that position, but at the end of the day, I've been a shortstop my entire life.

I wanted to play running back, but they would never put me at running back. I started loving receiver and as I kept growing older, we kept throwing the ball more and I kept liking it more and more. It's something I've played all my life. It's something I've gotten better at each year.

When I was at Doncaster Rovers Belles, I used to play up front or as a number 10, but when I joined Chelsea in 2015, I was more a midfielder, and over the last few years, I've moved into the back four.

And this is the third place car about to lap the second place car.

I was a receiver until I was a freshman in high school. I didn't play quarterback until I was a freshman.

I am used to being a winger, but if a manager wants me to adapt to a new position, then I will have to - and I don't mind.

I pray that Jimmy Graham passes as a wide receiver. Because at the end of the day, if he passes as a wide receiver, that's better for the rest of the tight ends. He will have opened up a door, a pathway for the rest of the group.

I think the bullpen is always a possibility for anyone, but that's not where I plan on being.

At school, I was always a central midfielder from a young age. Then, when I joined Villa at 16, the pre-season didn't go too well, so they looked at me as a centre-half.

Darren Erstad was special to watch when he moved from center field from first base.

If you want me to play second, I need time to get ready to play second. If you want me to play short, I need time.

Outfield to infield is the most jarring because in the outfield, you have much more time to throw.

I went to West Ham and I had a manager that played me out of position. To be honest with you it was very tough to take.