Player Quotes

A player has no use for an agent. None.

I am the world's worst good bridge player.

A player you can buy in 24 hours, believe me. That's not a problem

At the end of day, a player needs the confidence of the manager, the support of the fans and to enjoy the game.

I didn't do it (pitch like he did) for show. I did it to get batters out. Players would tell me, 'We can't tell where the ball is coming from.'

Best team player? As good as Lebron James is, I have to go with Messi. What he's doing, he's on pace to becoming the best ever.

One of my goals is to play the Olympics in 2016. If you're able to represent your country in the Olympics everyone will understand you as a player and not many people do get to go to the Olympics.

My guitar player calls the process of writing lyrics based on another story, "filling up the well" when you can get inspiration from other people's art without stealing, more being influenced by it.

And historically the owners have used loyalty to a team or a city to hold players as opposed to always paying their worth.

we're watchers of this world aren't we? not players

I've always studied business. Even when I was a ball player, I'd read business journals and the business sections of newspapers.

I've got the whole team to try and stop so I can't worry about one player.

I'm a perimeter player. I'm more like a Ray Allen.

I know Rick [Monday] has done a lot of good things as a player and as a person. But what he did for his country, he will be remembered for the rest of his life as an American hero.

I think the way we played was as important as winning the title, the way we did it with the players and the fans enjoying it.

Many say that (Pete) Sampras is the greatest player. But I say with all due respect to the rest, that he (Roger Federer) is the most complete player in the world so far.

It's always hard - if you're not the best player on your team, how can you be the best player in college?

This decision will only strengthen the bond between women players and one of the world's great sporting events [on equal prize money at Wimbledon

I want to be the strongest player in the world and score a lot of goals. To do that, I have to improve in every area.

The key is having great players. But there are a lot of teams that have All-Stars and haven't been able to put it together.

One thing I learned in the NBA is that the No. 1 job of a general manager is to keep his job. They are only 30 positions where you make millions and hang around with basketball players all day.

Ndamukong Suh is the best player in this generation to hit free agency since Reggie White.

The absence of a bass player always makes things go faster and hit harder in the high-end range.

I played with a lot of great players before. They're all the same. They take a lot of responsibility for their own play, put a lot of pressure on themselves to perform and to play well.

If the player has the confidence and ability, then he should sign with the pro team. Academics certainly play a large part in the decision, but if someone feels they are ready to sign, they should.

My goal was to go to college and come out the best player.

It's an honor to be playing with these four players and to be a part of their fifth World Series title and my first.

It's not a fun process. There is no need for the team and a player to be on opposing sides a week or two before spring training. It's good to be on the same page.

I want to be the player who hits home runs, drives in runs.

Formula One is not just multinationals. It's also about national players wanting to get global coverage.

Sometimes offensive players get turned into defensive players, which sometimes isn't a bad thing, but for me I need a chance to play more offense.

The top players talk more now, and we have more meetings. We're just trying to get things better. But we still need somebody who could make a difference.

All top players are the same strokewise, but mentally I can improve and that's where it's at for top players.

Some players when they become No. 1 they put too much pressure on themselves.

Phil Jackson would fight his own players in practice.

I need to see where I am physically and practicing with NHL players is the best way to find that out.

At this level, you put a lot of pressure on yourself as a player to perform and do well.

To see my statue unveiled alongside Borje Salming, the player I grew up idolizing in Sweden, will be very special for both my family and me.

You get into pro ball and you realize all the guys were the best players on their teams. You have to keep moving forward.

It's like a spiritual elevation that occurs when you're playing and becoming one with the instrument or players on the stage.

Once you give an NFL player permission to have thoughts, you invite all kinds of mischief.

I have always been obsessed by the company and making sure that the company is the most contemporary, the most modern of all the players, and delivering the most accurate service for our client.

Two or three girls go to a club and they've worked out that one player is worth 50,000 (128,000), another's worth 30,000 (77,000). That's the reality.

I heard Bob Weinstein actually likened actors to baseball players. You work for a while then all of a sudden you go through a dry spell.

That's what really seems to be the more difficult aspect - to have the men break through and challenge the best players in the world.

Basketball is great; no one in Europe seems to believe just how close the spectators can sit to the players.

I am not a player anymore.

It's hard to say if the NBA is hurt by the influx of younger players, but it's definitely impacted the league.

I think the players win the championship, and the organization has something to do with it, don't get me wrong. But don't try to put the organization above the players.

Warren Buffett is fond of saying that any player unaware of the fool in the market probably is the fool in the market.