Player Quotes

So, the Phoenix Suns are wearing jerseys written in Spanish, made in China, modeled after their best player, Canadian Steve Nash. There you go. That is America.

The Houston Astros want to change the name of Enron Field where they play. I guess the Enron name could cause problems for them. Like players could steal a base and then deny it.

I'm very interested in tennis, but when I try to tell younger players about [Bill] Tilden, they're not interested.

There's players like myself in the league who deserve to make the All-Star team and aren't given a chance. I've put up numbers, as good if not better than players that are making the team.

I think the deal is not great for the players. It is definitely an owner-friendly deal.

There is always going to be competition. When you play for a top club, you're going to attract top players. It's part and parcel of football.

When you play with good players, they will always create chances for the forwards to score.

For me, there's nothing that beats playing. When I'm not playing, I'll watch games on the television, watch stuff on You-Tube, everything. I just live for football, love watching great players.

I'm a very emotional player. I use emotion because my team feeds off it.

I've never been a big soloist; I just put in what needs to be there. I'm more of a rhythm player who plays lead - or tries to play lead.

I was the Specials' founder, main songwriter and keyboard player.

Paul Konerko is one of the greatest players in White Sox history, not only for his strength and performance on the field, but also for his heart and leadership off the field.

There is still a lot of football in me and I enjoy watching the players go out there and be the best players they can possibly be.

I played a bass player and a singer in a movie once, but I totally lip-synced to everything.

I'm not pro-owner or pro-player. I am pro-football. I want the game to go on. I want the game to be tough. I don't want the game to be a killer of our players.

Nobody I ever broke bread with, and I see players all the time, talked about using their head running the football.

To run any system, you've got to grow your personnel and your players have to have a certain skill set.

You need to look to make a cohesive calendar that makes sense and helps elongate the careers of your players as opposed to shorten them inadvertently.

The reason I didn't take the baseball route is because they don't have rankings for baseball players.

I get paid a lot of money to play a game with the greatest players in the world. What could be better than that?

I am absolutely confident that St. Louis can attract major players in technology and make the companies that are here blossom.

Every player that plays for any organization, having great fans on your side every night is a great thing.

The bottom line is just that Rickey Henderson was my favorite player. His flair, his style-the key word is impact-he's an impact player.

If you can defend, counter-attack and take the initiative then you become a more dangerous player.

We have very smart players and they've been fortunate to play for three very good coaches.

There's an old saying amongst players in football talking about your general manger and coaches, they speak with a forked tongue.

Describing certain sounds, there's a common language that guitar players have.

The trouble with Earl Barrett is that he's one paced .... Zooommmmm.

I always said to myself that if I thought I slipped and could not be the player that I want to be, then it was time for me to go.

Great players make great plays.

People are proud of their players.

I don't think there's any player that's more talented than Alex Rodriguez. He cares very deeply about doing well. Baseball is his life. He puts a lot of pressure on himself.

As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because you either loved them or you hated them.

Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.

To play well, you need good players, but a good player almost always has the problem of a lack of efficiency. He always wants to do things prettier than strictly necessary.

Every professional golfer has a seperate coach for his drives, for approaches, for putting. In football we have one coach for 15 players. This is absurd.

When you hear from other players and they're telling you you're the best pitcher in baseball, that makes you feel really good.

You may have the bishop pair but I have the ultimate advantage; I am the better player!

A team doesn't win the championship if its players are working from different agendas.

When your great players are team players, everybody else follows their lead. The best team doesn't always win - it's usually the team that gets along best.

When your best players are really good guys, it's the best.

We need to talk to all the players in the Middle East, not because we agree with them, but because they play a role.

That song has the full extent of my mandolin abilities; I'm not a good mandolin player at all.

If there is something a coach might wish to see changed in a player or team, the first place to check and see if it could not be done better is in yourself.

Work hard - beat out half the team. Be committed, play fair as a team player - Beat out another quarter of the team. The last quarter is your desire and beliefs, and where you are playing.

The kind of player who has turned his game around, he used to be lousy and lazy and now he is lazy and lousy.

You must allow your players to become the athletes they can be. Don't make them into anything just to become the kind of winners fans, friends and others think they must be.

Players need you to care, especially when they do not deserve it.

You can be harsh on your players and still coach, but it is easier when you are kind to them.

I have a great band, with very talented players, and we give everything we have every night.