Player Quotes

I'm not a great piano player.

In terms of merit, sports has mathematical statistics. That's how you know who the best player is.

Practices should be for the players and not the coach. Practices should be fun for the players, positive in nature, and last no more than two hours.

To be successful you need to have good, happy Players.

In going for the last shot of the game most people wait too long to take the shot. Give yourself a chance to get the first shot and tap the ball in. Your players are normally inside the defense.

I lost to a better player who played some courageous tennis and deserved to win.

I like my groundstrokes, I can say. I like it. That's my game - I'm a groundstroke player and I play pretty aggressive.

Decide which you want to play up: your clothing or your jewelry, but not both. Let one be the star and one the supporting player.

David James is a cretin.

If I'll be a President the inaugural balls will be replaced with an inaugural Rock Band party. For expert-level players only. Don't even think about getting on drums. I play drums.

He's the greatest clutch player I've ever seen. The hell with Jerry West!

The key in terms of mental ability is chess. There's never been a woman Grand Master chess player. Once you get one, then I'll buy some of the feminism.

I really felt like we had to have a go to player.

Winning a ring is everybody's goal, whether you're a player or a coach.

Being a celebrity is like being raped, and there's absolutely nothing a player can do about it.

I think I have a newfound respect for what my parents did, to create two players - one who was really good and another who was pretty good.

I feel like I can compete against any physical player.

I'm really interested in being a player. I'm not pursuing TV at all. If TV pursues me, that's different. I don't even want to entertain it. I think that helps me as a player.

After I started to understand the spiritual dimension of life, I understood the responsibilities you have as a husband, a father, a friend and a hockey player.

The best player I've ever played with was Paul Gascoigne. He had everything. He was amazing.

You have to be disciplined because if you lose your discipline and lose your shape, we're playing against better players, so they'll take advantage.

For some players, luck itself is an art

I'm a competitive player, and I love being on the court. If the NBA cancels the season I'm definitely looking at my options and considering going overseas.

The Players Association has on the table a demand which doesn't recognize the reality of our league's economics today. It's a very excessive and unrealistic demand.

All the way from the first thing that I can remember, like our Victrola - a wind-up record player - and my grandfather's crystal radio, and my father's shortwave radio.

He is the greatest player in the world right now, without a doubt, he is the player who gives Brazilians the most joy. (on Ronaldinho)

Troy Polamalu was a fascinating player, and that made him.

The open side Defensive End has to be one of your best football players. Size does not matter as much. We want an athletic player who can move around.

A distinctly ordinary player of extraordinary dirtiness.

Titus Bramble: The only explanation for his existence in the Premiership is that he is already here.

That's something that I just can't underestimate the importance of, the staff continuity. I really think that the players feed off the coaches.

In fact, an awful lot of N.F.L. club owners have practically no influence on their players at all, simply because they're not full-time working owners.

As a builder, you don't get many stats or achievements, but you get a lot of rewards seeing those players succeed.

I know what I want at least, and the older I get I think I'm better at getting it out of players and singers.

After Luis Suarez of Uruguay bit an Italian opponent in the shoulder, two things happened. Suarez was thrown out of the rest of the tournament, and the player he bit turned Uruguayan.

Players prefer the FA Cup because it's the end of season curtain-raiser.

Coaching is salesmanship. Coaching is winning players over and convincing them they have to play together. It takes a team conviction to play together to make things work.

The best thing that I think happened to me was I got the opportunity to have really good players and we were able to meet the demand of the competition. And I think that's what I value most.

It's unbelievable to have come through a field of 64 of the best players I've seen for a long time.

Nobody likes being criticised, particularly by players who will be in Disneyland this summer on their holidays rather than the World Cup in Japan

The mentality of coaches and players alike [in Bundesliga]. It's all about winning.

I grab an instrument to make my body a song, but I'm not a player as such, maybe a little more on guitar, but certainly not piano.

I hope this serves as a light for others who come into the league as undrafted players.

I really like defensive players. I've never played defense so I often wonder how they think.

NFL owners should quit worrying about silly things like players celebrating in the end zone. They should give them something to really celebrate. Get rid of the artificial surfaces.

I don't know hardly any of the players who have the in-between game like me, who can go to any position on the court.

College coaches want to power the ball inside, they want (their post players) to power the ball up, but no one can shoot from that 15-foot area anymore.

When I arrived the players were talented, but did not obey the rules... Once they understood what they needed to, they could express themselves.

I know my football. And I adore football players. The crashing noise of a tackle, the huddle grunting, and the roar of the crowd are music to my ears.

Is Messi a real player or a Play Station character?