Player Quotes

The coachs job is to get the best players and get them to play together.

Every player has the option to have metal spikes or other spikes or whatever they feel most comfortable in.

You need players that stand for emotion in football. Football today is a game for television.

There is always some element of competition. As and when more players show interest in a space, it endorses increasing demand. I have never taken competition as a treat.

One of the great things about having good players in your band is that you just ask them questions. You can pick up some good information that way.

I am very much a Red Sox fan; I can name you more players than you could possibly imagine. It's just part of who I am.

Even though he lived on the beach in college, he didn't have a tan. Now that's a serious player!

First I was a European-style player, then I was a downtown 'noise guy,' and now some people call me an Americana guy.

I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players.

Adam [Sandler] is a good basketball player, so he is a natural athlete, he worked with Sean Salisbury to make his footwork and delivery smooth, and he did a great job.

(Mantle) was clearly a greater player in his peak years.

Listen more to the other players on the bandstand than you do to yourself.

What I've talked about the entire series and throughout this playoffs is about intensity and effort, desire and will of our players.

There was nothing magical that the coaching staff did. This is about the players.

Tom Hanks is a huge superstar. And people tell me he's a very nice guy, not arrogant, not an entitlement guy. But very quietly, Mr. Hanks has become a left-wing power player in Hollywood.

Usually older players, late in the season, start to get cold.

When I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, 'Do you think I'm Charlie the Tuna, like a sucker?' After that, they called me Tuna.

The NBA and NHL have different agendas: The NBA is much more protective of its players and its brand; the NHL has less to lose, and it's in their best interest to generate buzz any way they can.

If U.S. Grant had been leading a team of baseball players, they'd have second guessed him all the way to the doorknob of the Appomattox Courthouse.

In basketball, you can be the greatest individual player in the world and still lose every game, because a team will always beat an individual.

Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against.

Kenyon Martin is the 2nd best player in the Eastern Conference.

Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.

I was a skinny, scrawny guy. I stuttered horrendously, couldn't speak at all. I was a very shy, reserved player and a very shy, reserved person. I found a safe place in life in basketball.

I got to see the best players in the world every year the week after the U.S. Nationals, which is now known as the US Open, in Los Angeles. That made a huge difference in my life.

Once you prove yourself, that you're a utility player, they're going to contact you and say, hey, yeah, we need you for a film next Thursday at Fox or Sony or whatever. You kind of get a reputation.

commenting on baseball players who test positive for steroids: It?s an announced test, so you not only failed the steroid test, you failed the IQ test.

Ted Williams was the greatest hitter I ever saw, but DiMaggio was the greatest all around player.

Personally I don't believe in standing on the ice, or jamming the blueline, waiting. I have always told my players that hockey has to be played on your toes.

When another player screws up, I kind of erase it and make a good play.

I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players' equipment.

Everyone here contributes to win the games, so there is no pressure on any one player.

We spent a lot of money on some players.

There was open collusion between the Russian players. They agreed ahead of time to draw the games they played against each other. Every time they drew they gave each other half a point.

When I win, I'll put my title on the line every year, maybe even twice. I'll give players a chance to beat me.

There isn't a woman player in the world I can't give knight-odds to and still beat.

All I've done all my life is just tried to better the game for our players and for those people watching.

My overall point is that 'one and dones' are not healthy for college basketball. I should not have made it personal to Kentucky and its players and I apologize.

Sidney Crosby, our greatest player, I don't want to see Sidney Crosby in the penalty box. I don't want to see Sidney Crosby hurt. I want to see Sidney Crosby play.

It would have been nice if both players had maybe shaken hands with each other

I lived in Detroit until I was six. My older sister was living with us, and she listened to the Ohio Players and Stevie Wonder, so I grew up listening to stuff like that.

If you watch it, you should watch it with other players and try to find moves, like it was before. Now on many sites you watch together with the computer and the pleasure is gone.

It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore.

It’s not difficult to coach to just get 10 players right on your 18-yard box.

Jobs are hard to come by, so players are extremely motivated to do whatever it takes to keep their job.

More often than not, you find players seeing something that they can help another player with or reinforce something the coaches are seeing. Veterans do that regularly with younger players.

A player's character is a crucial factor I look into before committing to signing them. They also need to show a willingness to learn, regardless of age and experience; that's very important to me.

I think my history as a coach shows I like players who are gifted technically and have courage when it comes to being in possession of a football. That is a key quality for me.

It's the nature of it. The players will want to compete at the highest level they possibly can.

If you give a bad player time, he can play. If you give a good player time, he can kill you.