Richard "⁠Xizt⁠" Landström:

"I'm expecting a lot from jabbi, he's a huge talent"

Dorian "⁠xertioN⁠" Berman:

"There's certain situations I feel uncomfortable in right now"

Kamil "⁠siuhy⁠" Szkaradek on the FaZe match:

"It just proved to us we're capable of fighting against the best teams"

Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen:

"Our main problem this season is that we need 5% more of everything"

Hampus "⁠hampus⁠" Poser:

"Aleksib is a great IGL, I don't know why G2 didn't want him"

Boris "⁠magixx⁠" Vorobiev on qualifying for the Rio Major:

"The best thing I am enjoying is the work I've done with the guys"

Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz:

"s1n is far better than we all expected"

Shahar "⁠flameZ⁠" Shushan on the rise of Israeli CS:

"Spinx had such a good year that gave us all motivation"

Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander:

"Our consistency is just really terrible individually"

Danny "⁠zonic⁠" Sørensen on coaching an international team:

"Teamplay and the tactical aspects are very limited"

Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač:

"It's taking much more time than we had expected to adjust everything"

Abay "⁠HObbit⁠" Khasenov:

"Our goal is to be the best team in the world, it doesn't matter when it's going to happen"

Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski:

"I have a small tear in my eye, it reminds me of the VP times"

Sergey "⁠Ax1Le⁠" Rykhtorov on bouncing back in Dallas:

"Before the Major, we just had a lot of problems"

Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen:

"It feels like we're bringing the energy and hype into this event"

Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo:

"A dream coming true for us would be being able to play on a stage again"

Alexey "⁠Qikert⁠" Golubev:

"About the CIS shuffle? I think it's dark and full of secrets"

Robert "⁠Patsi⁠" Isyanov:

"We will get to show ourselves against all the elite teams in the world"

Bruno "BIT" Lima:

"We're a very different team when chelo is hyped"

Nick "nitr0" Cannella:

"I'm not scared of the word 'Astralis,' I was scared of the players, now I'm not scared at all"

Ismail "⁠refrezh⁠" Ali:

"It's a dream to lift the trophy on LAN, it's not the same doing it online"

Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken:

"We're hitting a good stride right now, I think we're close to peaking"

Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller:

"I don't think we've hit our A-game yet, but it's about to come"

Robin "ropz" Kool:

"If there's pressure, it's for everyone, and I think it favors us a bit more"

Andrey "B1ad3" Gorodenskiy:

"If you want to win the second Major in a row, you need to beat all the best teams"

Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard:

"This is one of the best crowds I've played in front of"

Daniel "⁠djL⁠" Narancic on impressions when first joining NIP:

"I didn't feel that they were a team"

Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard:

"We're just getting started"

Jake "Stewie2K" Yip:

"I'm going to use what I learned here so that I don't have to deal with the same stuff again in the future"

Benjamin "⁠blameF⁠" Bremer:

"I told k0nfig that I'd like to play with him for the rest of my career"

René "⁠TeSeS⁠" Madsen:

"I think when cadiaN has momentum on any map he can outcall every in-game leader in the world"

Andrey "⁠B1ad3⁠" Gorodenskiy:

"For our system it's really important to have at least 7-10 days where we can reset"

Philip "⁠Lucky⁠" Ewald:

"The people saying gla1ve took the AWP from me, it's not true at all"

Hampus "⁠hampus⁠" Poser:

"In some tight situations es3tag doesn't really understand us sometimes"

Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller:

"The winner is going to have bragging rights for months, maybe years"

Aleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev:

"Only when we are playing great CS I can show what I'm capable of"

Alan "Shakezullah" Hardeman:

"Any of us could go to VALORANT and find an offer there, but we play CS because we love it"

David "cynic" Polster:

"Everybody on the roster has made it really clear they're in it for the long run"

Owen "oBo" Schlatter:

"poizon absolutely can be the best AWPer in the world, if he’s not already"

Andrey "⁠Jerry⁠" Mekhryakov:

"After this long break we started to face some psychological issues"

Sam "s0m" Oh:

"Our map pool is really good; if we play like we did at the bootcamp, we'll be fine"

Andrei "⁠arT⁠" Piovezan:

"We are trying to find stability so that we can play at the same level against every team"

Kia "Surreal" Man:

"We played WESG as a mix and it went well, we just decided to go from there"

Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen:

"We had actually practiced a lot against Gen.G, so we were evenly matched heading into the semi-final"

Damian "daps" Steele:

"There is still a communication barrier that we're working on with BnTeT"

Emmalee "EMUHLEET" Garrido:

"You don't learn from winning over-and-over, you learn from making mistakes"

Matthew "WARDELL" Yu:

"I'm not ready to play for a team that isn't going to compete in tier one events"

Jason "neptune" Tran:

"I think that if you're a young player and you're not going to any of these events then you're missing out"

Danny "cxzi" Strzelczyk:

"[in Rank S] the new kid comes in, starts winning all the money, and [players] get mad"

Shawn "witmer" Taylor:

"Emotional stability, a work-life balance, I hadn't had that for two years and I really undervalued that"

Tomasz "⁠phr⁠" Wójcik:

"The Polish scene was frozen for way too long"

Lucas "steel" Lopes:

"At first I was against putting [the twins] on the team because of all the things that happened back in Immortals"

Skyler "Relyks" Weaver:

"It felt particularly good for us qualifying for an event like [IEM Chicago]"

Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas:

"I believe the thing that the Polish scene was missing, and still is, is ambition"

Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković:

"I need a couple more events to just be fully comfortable with myself calling"

Mohan "launders" Govindasamy & Conner "Scrawny" Girvan:

"We can finally start on that long process of creating a strong product"

Nicholas "guerri" Nogueira:

"I believe we can play very good CS here in the US"

Shahzeb "ShahZaM" Khan:

"It just takes time and hard work and I think that’s what we need right now"

Dustin "dusT" Mouret:

"Teams are going to have to start taking a serious look at how many events they decide to take part in"

Brandon "Ace" Winn:

"[Relyks] is definitely kinda carrying the team on the experience side"

Ryan "freakazoid" Abadir:

"I'm learning a different part of the game now"

Joshua "steel" Nissan:

"I think koosta is one of the best teammates I've probably ever had"

Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert:

"The bittersweet part is watching people play and wishing I was in those situations"

Aran "⁠Sonic⁠" Groesbeek:

"Nifty did a good job at choosing personalities that would match well"

Skyler "Relyks" Weaver:

"I found out Cooper- was being signed from an HLTV article; it was just a mess towards the end of eUnited"

Pujan "FNS" Mehta on qualifying for Flashpoint:

"This was our one and only chance to make it"

Austin "Cooper-" Abadir:

"Once we picked up Zellsis we felt an almost immediate boost in performance and teamwork"

Joshua "m1cks" Micks:

"Working under MSL was probably the most important experience I've had"

Alan "Shakezullah" Hardeman:

"If you miss your window to qualify for EPL or Flashpoint at this level, your team can blow up just like that"

Joshua "steel" Nissan:

"It's satisfying to lead a second group of players into the top 30; it's a different type of reward"

Josh "oSee" Ohm on rejecting offer to stay in Cloud9:

"floppy and I felt like it was too big of a risk as we enjoy playing with our current roster"

Owen "oBo" Schlatter:

"The team showed no interest in ever returning to America"

Matthew "mCe" Elmore:

"I’ve always been able to get more out of a roster and players than what people thought could happen"

Peter "ptr" Gurney:
"Now, all the up-and-comers that had a name but never really had the chance are going to be able to shine"

Dylan "Saturn" Finch:

"I don't feel like North American players are putting that much effort into [getting to the top]"

Johnny "JT" Theodosiou:

"Now that we're in Europe we can tell that FaNg doesn't really feel the pressure like some other players would"

Joshua "m1cks" Micks:

"There was a very real sense on Cloud9 where everyone was playing not to lose"