Top 100 The Best Player Quotes
#1. The best player I've ever played with was Paul Gascoigne. He had everything. He was amazing.
Paul Ince
#2. Without any doubt the best player in the Premiership has to be Scholes. He knows how to do everything, and he is one who directs the way his team plays. On top of that, he has indestructible mental strength and he is a genuine competitor.
Thierry Henry
#3. People dislike Ronaldo because he's a great player, good-looking and has sex with all the ladies. They get jealous. The only bad thing about Ronaldo's life is Messi. But for him, he would've been the best player in the world for five years in a row.
Luiz Felipe Scolari
#4. Why can't I be MVP of the league? Why can't I be the best player in the league?
Derrick Rose
#5. It will be a great story when I'm an old man telling my grandkids that I was once the best player in the world.
Luke Donald
#6. If you write in the paper 'Lee stinks,' that's not going to affect me. I'll just laugh. And if you write 'Derrek Lee is the best player in the league,' that won't affect me either. I'll laugh.
Derrek Lee
#7. When I see Messi - who is the best player in the world in my opinion - lose the ball, he runs off until he gets it back or commits a foul. Our guys lose the ball and fold their arms.
Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva
#8. For skills and tricks, Ronaldinho was the best player I've played with.
Edgar Davids
#9. I have nothing but praise for the boy. He is easily the best player in the world. His contribution as a goal threat is unbelievable. His stats are incredible. Strikes at goal, attempts on goal, raids into the penalty box, headers. It is all there. Absolutely astounding.
Alex Ferguson
#10. In terms of merit, sports has mathematical statistics. That's how you know who the best player is.
Norm MacDonald
#11. It is good to be Compared with the best player [Pele]. But my dad told me about Garrincha's style as he moved forward, went up, attacked and dribbled. Garrincha's style is more similar to Neymar's.
Neymar
#12. Ndamukong Suh is the best player in this generation to hit free agency since Reggie White.
Mark Dominik
#13. There is no doubt about it, Messi's clearly the best player in the world. He's a phenomenon who has already won everything, but is still hungry for more. His humbleness only makes him greater.
Marco Van Basten
#14. I don't think Kobe is the best player. I'm the best player.
Paul Pierce
#15. Magic Johnson is the best player who plays on the ground, and Michael Jordan is the best player who plays in the air.
John Paxson
#16. Everywhere I've been, I've been the best player. I love being a leader, and I love being the best. I just want to get better. It's not about being cocky or selfish or anything like that. It's just how I am.
LeBron James
#17. Kenny Dalglish is a hero of mine and is the best player to ever wear a red shirt.
Steven Gerrard
#18. I think I'm bad luck for Tiger because he missed the cut in Charlotte with me. But yeah, those are two of the best players of all time. Tiger's the best player of all time in my opinion, so when he's not in the field, it's a relief because he's such a great player.
Webb Simpson
#19. Andre Agassi was my rival in the '90s, and I think as we got older we sort of transcended the game. He was probably the best player I ever played over my career. There's a list of players that were tough, but Andre, certainly, he was the most unique.
Pete Sampras
#20. 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.
Larry Bird
#21. I'm just trying to be the best player that I can be.
Chris Bosh
#22. The best player EVER (Leo Messi) without a shadow, if you didn't think/know already ...
Robbie Fowler
#23. Zidane is probably the best player there has been in the past 20 years ... France have recovered the best Zidane and they have progressively grown throughout this tournament.
Zinedine Zidane
#24. Choose the best player for every position, and you'll end up not with a strong XI, but with 11 strong 1's.
Johan Cruijff
#25. Messi the best player in the world by far. I don't think we'll ever see a player like him again.
Tito Vilanova
#26. I've been the best player on every team that I played on, so if I can't be the poster child of your team, then what else is it? It's got to be a black-white issue. Every white player I know who's the best player on their team is the poster child of that team.
Gary Sheffield
#27. My goal was to go to college and come out the best player.
Mark Teixeira
#28. Ronaldo has come through for the past two or three years and is the best in Europe. I think at the moment no doubt Ronaldo is the best player.
Pele
#29. CR7 is the best player in the world, we're lucky to train with him every day and to have him with us
Sergio Ramos
#30. I want my team to win and to be the best player I can possibly be.
Johnathan Joseph
#31. Messi is undoubtedly a gifted footballer, like Maradona and Pele, and he's playing for the best club side in the world at the moment. He's successful and he's winning trophies, so it's only logical that he'll be voted the best player in the world.
Oliver Kahn
#32. Messi won 3 Ballons d'Or and is competing for another one. He will be the best player in the world until he retires.
Sergio Aguero
#33. As one of nine men, DiMaggio is the best player that ever lived.
Connie Mack
#35. Paul Scholes is the best player I've ever played with. There's talent in every part of his game.
Gary Neville
#36. Messi could be the best player in the world - if he was human.
Carlos Queiroz
#37. Because I tried to everything possible to become the best player in the world? Do I believe steroids and growth hormones helped me achieve that? Yes. Were there a lot of other players doing it that I had to compete against? Yes.
Jose Canseco
#38. Leo [Messi] is the best player of all time - better than Pele, Maradona or Cruyff. There have been some great teams in history - Pele's Brazil, Cruyff's Ajax, Sacchi's Milan - but in the past 20 years this Barcelona team is the best.
Xavi
#39. I'm just trying to grow. That's one thing I told myself is, 'Don't worry about who people say is the best player.'
Kevin Durant
#40. For me, Lionel Messi is quite clearly the best player ever. It's a pleasure to put myself against him and when I finish my career it's something I can look back on and know I've tested myself against the very best.
John Terry
#41. Messi on the World Cup 2014? He showed why he is the best player in the world. It was a pleasure to see him play.
Alessandro Del Piero
#42. I want to help Manchester United win the Premier League and become the best player in the world.
Adnan
#43. Steven Gerrard is the best player I've ever played with.
Luis Suarez
#44. I fantasize about LeBron's ability. He is the best player I have ever seen at this age.
Rick Barry
#45. When you are nominated for the best player in Europe, the Ballon d'Or, playing in the Champions League, there is so much pressure. You don't know what will happen. This pressure is inside you - you always have it.
Cristiano Ronaldo
#46. Messi is the best player of all time. Better than Pele, better than Maradona and better than anyone else.
Adriano Galliani
#47. God gives you opportunities and I'm thankful that the Chiefs gave me this opportunity. I'm very grateful to be on this team. I'm just going out there to try and be the best player that I can be for this team and take it from there.
Justin Cole
#48. 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.
Kevin Durant
#49. We're not great friends, but I admire him. If he thinks he's the best player of the century, that's his problem.
Pele
#50. MVP is the best player in the league. I think that's too big for me. When people call me the MVP, I'm a little surprised by that.
Rafael Soriano
#51. I know I'm not the best. I'm not the best singer, I'm not the best songwriter, I'm not the best player.
Kid Rock
#52. The Olympics will be great for the growth of golf on a global scale, but my focus right now is on being the best player I can be, trying to win Major Championships and contributing to what will hopefully be a victorious European side at the forthcoming Ryder Cup Matches against the USA.
Rory McIlroy
#53. Having Messi in the team guarantees everything. He doesn't just score, he gives assists, and he works and wins the ball. He is the best player in the world.
Sergio Busquets
#55. Excluding nobody, I'm the best player in the National Football League.
Randy Moss
#56. You could be the best team or the best player in different generations and people respect each other. Nobody cares who was the best.
Jim Brown
#57. I know what I need to work on; I know my weaknesses, but I have that work ethic to improve every day. I have that want to be the best player at my position, and I have the belief in myself that one day that will come true.
Justin Tuck
#58. You have to believe you're great. You have to have an air about you. My success wasn't because I was a great talent, but because I wanted it more than anybody else. Every minute I step on that field, I want to prove I'm the best player in the league.
Brett Favre
#59. Messi is probably the best player of the last 20 years.
Ryan Giggs
#60. If he continues like this then I think Messi will be the best player in the history of football.
Xavi
#61. I don't care what other people say. I fight every day to be the best player I can.
Steve Nash
#62. It's flattering to be compared in any way to Tiger Woods, because he's the best player in the world.
Ivan Lendl
#63. Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against.
Bill Walton
#64. I still believe I'm the best player. That's what keeps me going.
Lisa Leslie
#65. I don't work this hard just to be the best player. I do it to win.
Holly McPeak
#66. I'm not the best player in the history of tennis. I think I'm amongst the best. That's true. That's enough for me.
Rafael Nadal
#68. LeBron James is the best player, hands down. He is easily moving into the territory of one of the best players of all time and may end up being the best player of all time.
Howard Bryant
#69. You guys will write what you want to write, people will say what they want to say. I can't control any of that. All I can control is how I play. I'm trying to be the best player I can be.
Jason Spezza
#70. I have never been concerned about winning the Ballon d'Or or being the best player in the world. The best player is already here and that's Messi. And now I can see him from close up and help him.
Neymar
#71. Zidane is the master. Over the past 10 years, there's been no-one like him, he has been the best player in the world.
Zinedine Zidane
#72. If I could apologise and go back and change history I would do. But the goal is still a goal, Argentina became world champions and I was the best player in the world.
Diego Maradona
#73. I'm going to go out and try to be the best player I can be and help the Chicago Bears win.
Brian Griese
#74. Great players inspire you. The best player I played with was Gervi (Gervinho)
Eden Hazard
#75. It's always hard - if you're not the best player on your team, how can you be the best player in college?
Marcus Allen
#76. Nadal's the best player in history on [clay], and he is one of the best-ever players that played this game.
Novak Djokovic
#77. The best player I ever coached was Gary Payton.
George Karl
#78. I believe in my heart I'm the best player in the world. I'm just a scorer. I try to put the ball in the basket for my team. I'm just confident in my ability to play ball.
Allen Iverson
#79. When you're playing the best player in the world, you've got to play well.
Serena Williams
#80. I just think winners win. And guys who won all the way through high school and college, the best player at every level, they have a way of making things happen and winning games.
Tony Dungy
#81. I am the best player in the world and I am here to prove it
Bobby Fischer
#82. Great players never look in the mirror and think I'm a great basketball player. You ask yourself, Am I the best player I can be?
Michael Jordan
#84. The nightmares arrived like they always did, much like the best player in the opposition when you've heard rumors that he might be injured or sick-but there he is, warming up with the rest of them, ready to take the field.
Markus Zusak
#85. Sachin Tendulkar is, in my time, the best player without doubt - daylight second, Brian Lara third.
Shane Warne
#86. The legend of the best player of chess has been destroyed.
Garry Kasparov
#87. The last player you want the ball to go to is the best player on the planet.
Steven Gerrard
#88. The best player in the world; whenever Iniesta is on the pitch he creates a spectacle.
Samuel Eto'o
#89. I think Paul Scholes is the best player in England. He's got the best skills, the best brain. No one can match him. There isn't a player of his mould anywhere in the world. Paul is irreplaceable.
Alex Ferguson
#90. My name is not 'The Best Player in Baseball.' My name is George Kenneth Griffey, Jr.
Ken Griffey Jr.
#91. I have always been confident in my skills and once the game got going I knew I was probably the best player on the floor most of the time whether it was junior high, high school or college. I knew I had control of the game.
Larry Bird
#92. Nobody seems to appreciate what an incredible player Wilt was," Russell said at 1997 All-Star Game when the league named and honored its 50 greatest players. "He was the best player of all time because he dominated the floor like nobody else ever could. To be that big and that athletic was special.
Wilt Chamberlain
#93. You wouldn't have had to call a penalty on me, I would've called I on myself'.
9. "I'm the sole judge of my standards".
10. "I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me like it bothers some people. You can outwork the best player in the world.
Ben Hogan
#94. In 1981, at age 31, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league.
Julius Erving
#95. 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.
Pep Guardiola
#96. I don't consider myself as the best player in the world. I'm not obsessed with individual titles. I'm much more interested in being part of a team which wins trophies.
Cristiano Ronaldo
#97. Get the best player because whether it's soccer or whether it's anything else the team with the best players wins. So focus your energy on getting the best and getting rid of the weakest.
Jack Welch
#98. Messi is the best player ever. And this is said by someone who has seen Maradona and Pele play.
Adriano Galliani
#99. I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.
Zinedine Zidane
#100. I have the possibility to watch Messi in training each morning, and because of what he demonstrates he is the best player in the world, he stated during a press conference. It is a pleasure to watch him, and because of the way he plays he is an undisputed leader of the Barcelona team.
Thierry Henry
