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"Determining which prospects will be those superstars is big business, and getting in on the ground floor is smart business."
"Despite having no prior wrestling training, WWE officials were so impressed with her that they signed her up to a developmental contract."
"We are here looking for the most athletic players."
"Players with an expired contract... a gold mine of hidden talent ready to take center stage."
"Underrated Scottish player if you are looking for hidden gems."
"He's got an eye for talent, that's for sure."
"Anytime there's a new player like Ruby that I'm uncertain of, I'm now willing to give him the benefit of the doubt because the man that helped find him in this context is a guy with such a track record for success."
"TSM does like to look forward, famously scouting young talent."
"A director of football with that scope, with that parameter, yes occasionally we want a big player but actually we want the next big player."
"He is really really good though for 3.9 million I kind of want to go and talk to vayakano about any more of their players."
"Corey Fulton, what a draft pick. We drafted a superstar."
"There's no guaranteed way to draft a superstar development player, but there definitely are some ways that can help you or increase your chances."
"That's really how you draft more superstars: you draft the talent."
"If there is one thing that Ireland's next generation is lacking most crucially in my view it is a truly Elite level or potentially Elite level Central or holding midfielder."
"Cole Bennett was just choosing all the right records from when you started to even now."
"We need Elite Scouts and a recruitment department that knows what they're doing."
"It's all about finding people with the highest latent talent, and that doesn't always show up in test scores."
"From unknown youth academy players to diamonds in the rough."
"The labels have been signing trash humans based on algorithms."
"He would not go into battle without a backup plan."
"Every single player drafted has elite potential, kind of insane."
"I think when you ever see twenty determination on a player you immediately excite."
"Some of the hits were Volkanovsky, Adesanya, and yeah, we've had a few misses too. But the whole point of this thing is to build a roadmap to who the future stars are."
"Eric Ten Hag will find talent, especially with younger players."
"There's Dalvin Kinney, if we need an edge rusher. That's going to be the best one in the class, I think."
"It's top tier, leaving Central Europe, Eastern Europe, South America East, and South America West as your four top-tier scouting regions."
"Only Bill Belichick would take an unwanted quarterback prospect in the seventh round and turn him into one of the most clutch playoff performers the NFL has ever seen."
"I snagged him up in the third round. He is a four and a half red star potential center playmaker."
"True scouting is about knowing the character of players."
"The Exchange is always looking for new talent. You could have a bright future with our organization."
"Certainly a young driver would be looked at or maybe we go for an experienced veteran who has an established resume." - Denny Hamlin
"NXT blended the raw, untapped talent earmarked for major success within WWE with well-primeira ring of honor."
"Whenever a good player is accessible somehow some way I think you always kind of turn over every stone."
"That's why I always say in any sport, if you want to scout someone, don't scout a specific thing he did."
"Delirious called me one day he said I found a guy named QT Martial down in Florida."
"Miami is known for finding gold in overlooked underdogs."
"RCB should go heavily after Ishan Kishan because he's going to be a future leader for India."
"Every player we picked... has hidden development."
"So you know, I'm like man, I'm playing DB, yeah, I got the Clemson Clemson was like none of our receivers can catch too well and you can catch it you know pretty good I worked out they tried me out of receiver."
"Getting his one to watch early on would be phenomenal."
"I'm weirdly excited to start this book just because I haven't read a bad book in a while and I want to know like why don't people love this book."
"We went out into the highways and byways of life, sighted young boys, they came, we watched them, we looked after them, they were coached."
"I kept my ear to the streets and signed Eminem."
"Paul had an eye for talent, he could spot a superstar before anyone else."
"It's just as simple as if you see a guy that you believe in at that position you have to take him."
"The true secret of putting on events is finding these up-and-coming acts treating them better than they have ever been treated before."
"He's one of those young players that we should definitely keep an eye on in the future."
"One of the most intriguing aspects of the draft is that even if a team is picking beyond the first round you never know when you'll find a diamond in a rough."
"To me I in those situations particularly if I want to be the guy drafting him don't overthink it there there's very few Caleb will walking this Earth so don't overthink and if you're going to miss you're going to miss on the person not the player really you know."
"...she sang for Richard Reigns from drive-through Records who was impressed enough to sign her to a development deal."
"...the Braves hit on pick after pick, converting overlooked players into MLB stars."
"It's about passing it on. Connie and I both keep our antennas up at all times, looking for that song writer, that singer, that picker."
"You're just over here scraping the bottom of the barrel for anyone. We're just looking for lottery tickets at this point."
"Just made himself a lot of money 'cause I know there's a lot of NFL Scouts here watching him play."
"Johan gives us up-and-comer picks, names to look for in the future."
"This guy's he's got the makeup and the stuff that we want."
"He was a great manager and a great judge of a player, you know. Don't forget that, you know, the players that he brought in all made a difference."
"There are truly no sure things in scouting except when it came to the young Bryce Harper."
"Nate Wiggins could easily be the best cornerback in this draft."
"Get creative, use your knowledge with sports to find those Hall of Fame players that are kind of underrated."
"He's the poster child of not drafting a running back high because he's the kind of guy that can come in from the third round and be ridiculously productive right away."
"We often do direct outreach; we've mapped some companies that nurture good developers."
"The teams that have the most success are the ones that find gems in the later rounds."
"He had a knack, he was able to look at a roster of talent and watch him for any given time and he could tell you who the stars were."
"It is a faultless business model because you don't have to go and search for the talent anymore."
"If you really want to find the best talent, you got to have talent scouts go out and look for the best talents."
"You're amazing, I don't know who you are, but you've got to be in this movie somewhere."
"I like to be like a talent scout one day for streamers."
"We've been keeping tabs on him, you know we think he's a great striker."
"Stumbling into a quarterback that you would like at 19, that's threading the needle."
"Our number one evaluation tool is eyeballs; we go watch them play."
"Imagine what they can do with the best running back prospect that we have seen since Saquon Barkley."
"He's one of my new favorite prospects."
"The dude is freaky of a prospect as I've ever seen in 28 years."
"Hoyd looks for people who have kind of an ineffable quality."
"Talent for the game of football exists everywhere in the world, and it's our job to find them."
"They've been making all these bad picks based on these metrics of age."
"He's a super freak, 6'3 and a half, 180 lbs plus, 4.48 on the lasers."
"I've always made a point to try to go what bands are going to be big."
"If you want to create or be the mastermind behind the next BTS in terms of popularity, you need to look for very unique artists."
"Williams turned their attention to 24-year-old Canadian IndyCar driver Jacques Villeneuve."
"It can tell you some of the top prospects in your organization, some guys that you can start to get excited about."
"There's no super scouts out there; you have hits and misses. It doesn't matter who you are or how good you've been, sometimes you hit them, and then sometimes you don't."
"You have perhaps the most keen eye for talent in the industry."
"We can keep doing this, we just need to find these individuals, identify them, recruit them, get them on campus, and we can build a winner."
"I look for not just Ballers, not for four or five stars, I look for passion and love in these young men."
"Dr. Dre was my inspiration as I set out to find, create, and sign the Internet's biggest digital media stars."
"There used to be talent scouts that would go out and find the guys who really are good."
"What I really liked when I did my scout on him, he's very crafty, very creative."
"We're shooting for the high ceiling guys, we got to take a chance, we want a Difference Maker."
"The process of discovering and drafting players has become a way of life."
"The mentality of the drivers, the grit, the makeup, the durability, the dependability, coachability, the pride in their craft, their willingness to get to improve, those are all things that we look for."
"We're looking for a player that is serving well."
"I would recommend that you get like a two or three picture feature deal on her because she's going to be a big star."
"We need to have an a brilliant scouting staff."
"Find those high ceiling guys and sign as many of them as you can."
"To whomever scouted Psyche and cast her to join Band-Maid, I have only this to say: Well done, and thank you."
"Brent Venables knows what the roster needs to look like, he knows the types of players he has to go get."
"The Memphis Grizzlies have shown us that they can draft extremely well."
"I'll always see talent before it goes."
"Their best bet is to go scout all these players and find a generational talent."