Player Quotes

When I was a little kid, I wanted to be a baseball player. This is something I think about. The more I think about it, I'm convinced that God wanted me to play baseball.

You have to teach now - tell a kid how to box out, tell him how to pass, teach him footwork. Players don't understand that anymore.

I have my own style, but it's different for each kind of music. There are certain little characteristic things every player has.

Found out. A nothing player.

If ever a player was out of his class that night it was me.

Most important thing, I am not a player who win the serves because I serve aces or free points, no. When I winning a lot of serves is because I am playing well from the baseline. That's why.

I feel confident because I'm the best player in the world. It's that simple.

In a way, I've thrived on the competition, perhaps it has made a better player because of it.

One gets tired of the role critics are supposed to have in this culture: It's like being the piano player in a whorehouse; you don't have any control over the action going on upstairs.

I want to say congratulations to Cleveland and Coach Blatt. LeBron is an incredible player.

My former coach, Simen Agdestein, used to be the best player in Norway.

I don't want one play to define me as a player.

He was a player that hasn't had to use his legs even when he was nineteen years of age because his first two yards were in his head.

A bass player has to think and play like a bass player. A drummer has to play and think like a drummer, and stay out of the way of the vocalist. The guitar player has to respect everybody else.

When you're good at something, you should continue to do it. Too many players have stopped at a relatively young age.

I'm not the kind of player to see out my time and sit with my bum on the bench too much. I want to be involved. That's my character.

Team spirit means you are willing to sacrifice personal considerations for the welfare of all. That defines a team player.

If that lad makes a First Division footballer, then I'm Mao Tse Tung.

It's going to be great. A lot of the players are coming. I wasn't here when they put (Jackson) up in the rafters. But to have him here as my number goes up, it brings back a lot of great memories.

If I could reincarnate as another player, I might want to reincarnate as Thierry Henry at the top of his game.

I played when I played, and played, I think, against the greatest players in the greatest time in the history of basketball.

Sometimes I wish I could have been a bit more relaxed, but then I wouldn't have been the same player.

There's always room for improvement. We have a nucleus that's pretty good. You want players that will help.

Lack of proper endgame technique allows many players to escape from lost positions, even without any spectacular play on their part.

Football has an important role to play in society. Players should have a sense of social responsibility, have a moral dimension to them which shows up in good conduct.

It is often true that those who sit in the wings can see more than the players.

The door can never be closed for good to any player.

We have a lot of players in their first year. Some of them are also in their last year.

I think Messi is the best forward in the world. It is very difficult to play against him. But he is not only a forward, he is moving everywhere. He is a very good player.

A thorough understanding of game theory, should dim these greedy hopes. Knowledge of game theory does not make one a better card player, businessman or military strategist.

Passion and hard work makes a great player, but the courage to get up every time you fall is what makes a champion.

Perform drills that force your players to think

A quick way for any player to make himself better is to think about what he himself doesn't like to play against

As a hockey player, playing for an Original Six team at Madison Square Garden, where its packed every night, theres nothing like it.

Joe DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw. His career can not be summed up in numbers and awards. It might sound corny, but he had a profound and lasting impact on the country.

As a newcomer, I was often expected to carry the bags of the older players, or get them burgers. That can make you feel pretty miserable.

The best player I've ever played against is Kobe Bryant. I have seen him do some stuff that is just unbelievable.

I can't be arsed with game players. I'm more 'I like you, do you like me? Let's go and do something about it.' I'm a very straightforward person like that.

On a good team there are no superstars. There are great players who show they are great players by being able to play with others as a team.

I don't judge my self-worth as a football player. Football is something I love. It's a fun career deal, but it's not what I want to do with my life, because I see football as a game.

As women professional athletes, you have to have respect for every player and individual. Beyond that, it doesn't matter what your interests are. People can have their own lives.

I have to be involved in negotiations because players have to buy into me and what I want from them if they join my club, so all managers need to be fully involved in transfers, that's for sure.

I compare the pressure of a golf shot with making an extra point in basketball. The player starts from a full stop, and that rim doesn't move.

I feel like I was drafted to play football, not carry another player's pads.

My goal is to let people see who I am as a person, not just a basketball player. Many people see athletes in a certain way - flat and one dimensional. I want to change that view.

Letting go of its good players, like Özil, the ones who know how to play football – that did surprise me.

Get off, you look ugly (to a blood splattered player during a game)

There's nobody fitter at his age, except maybe Raquel Welch.

Golf is about knowledge, and studying another player - more than listening to a teacher - is the best way to get it.

What drove me to become the world's greatest bodybuilder is no different from what drives other athletes to become great tennis players or boxers or jockeys.