Messi won 3 Ballons d'Or and is competing for another one. He will be the best player in the world until he retires.
I was always geared towards either wanting to finish number one or be number one as far as the best player that I could be, or be the best player at my position in the league. I wanted that to be a constant reminder to my teammates that they looked to their leader who is wearing that number, this is what you should strive for as well.
This team [England] has some of the best players in England
But in my mind, I don't think there's any question Sidney Crosby is the best all-around player in the game. His hockey sense is so strong and so solid, combined with his God-gifted talent of being able to see the ice, see the entire picture in front of him. And, most importantly, I don't care how good you are, if you don't have a work ethic, it doesn't matter. There's no question that each and every game, he's one of the hardest-working guys on the ice. In my mind, he's the best player in the game today.
It just feels good to say we're the best team in the world, with the best player in the world.
The best player I've ever played against is Kobe Bryant. I have seen him do some stuff that is just unbelievable.
This is God's way of saying you've achieved so much, here's your chance to play against the world's best players. There's got to be some reason behind it. It has to be God. It's been created because of Him and the belief the boys have in Him.
It has been an honour to be the coach of the best player (Messi) I have ever seen and probably the best I will see.
So, the Phoenix Suns are wearing jerseys written in Spanish, made in China, modeled after their best player, Canadian Steve Nash. There you go. That is America.
I think in terms of best players, I would have to say Ronaldo, the real Ronaldo, the Brazilian one. I was fortunate enough to have a year with him at Real Madrid. He was at the end of his career and was probably half the player he was. But, in his prime, he was quite simply astonishing.
The best players in the game want the responsibility of being the best player. The reality is the game has changed from now back to '87. It's a lot tighter checking. The players are better today. So, that makes it harder for him just in that fact. We can't rely solely on Mario [Lemieux] to carry this team. We're not relying on that.
What you want to do with your best players is, it doesn't matter how many goals and assists they get, but when they get goals and assists. The best players get them at the most important times, and that's when we need those guys to come through.
When your best players are really good guys, it's the best.
I want to be the best player to ever play this game.
At age 31, in 1981, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league.
In terms of merit, sports has mathematical statistics. That's how you know who the best player is.
I don't care what other people say. I fight every day to be the best player I can.
My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.
I want to be one of the best players in the game.
I wanted to the best player in the state - [the best] the area has ever seen. That's always been my goal. Guys like Elgin Baylor, Adrian Dantley and Dave Bing, it's tough to pass those guys. So I'm studying, working. My project's not over yet. Hopefully, I get there.
The team with the best players usually does win - this is why you need to invest the majority of your time and energy in developing your people.
Tennis is at an amazing time when you've got two of the best players ever to play the game. You can argue the two very best playing in the same generation. It's a rivalry I think that we've never seen in our sport.
A key basketball skill is imagery. The best players "see" situations before they happen so they can be prepared
Your best players have to unite and inspire the group... otherwise, they'll divide the group
It's always hard - if you're not the best player on your team, how can you be the best player in college?
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