"In football you always get judged on your last game. Whoever you are, or how amazing you are, it's the last game that everyone has seen."

"My dad always taught me to never be satisfied, to want more and know that what is done is done."

"So many people say that obviously my game has changed since I arrived here and I say that it's good that it changed, otherwise it would show a lack of intelligence."

"It was tough at the time but when I was younger, my Dad. I would say my Dad, because without him I wouldn't have been here. I mean it was tough for me because he was really demanding. With him, it was never enough, you know, anything I did was never enough."

"My mom was always the supplier of soccer balls, and so people were always knocking on my door, and trying to get me out so we could play."

"Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball."

"You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you."

"You have to give guys tools to win with, and if they have success with them then they believe in you. If you don't have anything in your bag to work with, then they won't believe."