Player Quotes

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

Found out. A nothing player.

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

To have a successful team, you have to have great players of course - but you have to have good personalities and good people as well.

Everywhere I go now, people are like, 'That's the guy from 'Dancing With the Stars!'' It's pretty good that you're not just a football player but you're in the entertainment world.

There are many players who don't measure up to their marketability.

If I can be half the hockey player that Bobby Orr was, I'll be happy.

When I was a little boy, I wanted to be a baseball player and also join the circus. With the Yankees, I've accomplished both.

No band is special, no player royalty.

When I started, (players) were making $4,000. Now, they don't get out of bed and they already make $10,000.

If you're a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he's good, the older he gets, the better he writes.

Expect change. Analyze the landscape. Take the opportunities. Stop being the chess piece; become the player. It's your move.

It's like that scene from The Player when they talk about merging Star Wars and Kramer vs. Kramer, or whatever. You could do that with music and it would just be awful.

I am hoping the four new players can bring in some energy and fresh enthusiasm because they do not have the baggage that comes from being part of a losing side.

When you've got a player who does what he does at that pace this late in the game than you know you've got an invaluable talent.

Do your best when no one is looking.

When I create a game, I try to focus more on the emotions that the player experiences during the game play.

I have a lot of respect for Ovechkin as a player. I like his enthusiasm. I know the kid has a zest for life and a joy for the game.

There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either.

How's the game changed in my 15 years in the league? Well, we used to be called hard-working players. Now we're overpaid crybabies.

I'm a lot better coach when I have really good players

Big time players make big time plays in big time games.

Once the world sees this Synagogue of Satan as it really is and knows the players, they fear what will happen to them. The world will turn against them and that is happening now as we speak.

Steven Gerrard is the best player I've ever played with.

Teach players the game at an early age and stop treating them like cash cows for everyone to profit off of.

I like to be a team player. All the projects I do are collaborations. And I want to solicit the opinions and help of other people. I'm not interested in being the one in charge.

My favorite sport is football. I'm a die hard Steelers fan. Favorite players were Hines Ward and Greg Lloyd.

That's the hardest part of this whole process. The best part is picking the players and the worst part is telling basically five players they are not going to play tonight.

People call me all the time and say, “Man, your players aren't signed yet.” Well, it doesn't really matter what time dinner is when you're the steak.

I sit down with a guitar player and if there's a situation I feel strongly about, or a guy that I've been thinking about or if I'm mad at a guy, it comes out.

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?

The highest level of achievement is attained by the teams with the best conditioned players

All Chess players should have a hobby

The mark of a top player is not how much he wins when he is winning but how he handles his losses.

Football players, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers.

A coach's greatest asset is his sense of responsibility - the reliance placed on him by his players.

The real test of a bridge player isn’t in keeping out of trouble, but in escaping once he’s in.

A puck is a hard rubber disk that hockey players strike when they can't hit one another.

I'm a self-taught musician aside from what I've been able to pick up from other players.

If all the world's a stage and all the people players, who in bloody hell hired the director?

I was never pegged to be the next great American tennis player by any means. I wasn't a prodigy. I'm a late bloomer. Whatever happens, I'm proud of what I've done.

Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question one of the greatest players of the century.

If you're thinking something good about your players, say it; don't save it for later.

Our lives are quite boring. I spend a lot of time watching Coronation Street and Eastenders.

Plays are not as important as players, and players are not as important as teammates

I've learned to never expect or require performances that exceed the player's ability. If they just equal their ability, that's what you want.

He's not fit to lace my boots as a player. (on Kevin Keegan)

There are weaknesses that you have to understand and it takes a lot of discipline for the players to be able to play it effectively and have confidence in what they're doing.

I don't want my fans to have the same disappointment as me when I was refused by some players to sign my notebook when I was young.

Managing is not running, hitting, or stealing. Managing is getting your players to put out one hundred percent year after year.