Player Quotes

Kenny Dalglish would be my first choice for Liverpool's best ever player because he was a great player with a lot of qualities.

I'm not the best player in the history of tennis. I think I'm amongst the best. That's true. That's enough for me.

Some people may learn something from the way I play tennis. But there are also players who are better than me in certain techniques.

It should not be a child's only goal to become the best player in the world. That would be a bad, a harmful attitude.

I think I am a complete player. I can play well on all the surfaces. For me, the clay might be easiest, but I am not a specialist on clay.

MVP is the best player in the league. I think that's too big for me. When people call me the MVP, I'm a little surprised by that.

I'm a Lakers fan. Kevin Garnett is my favorite player of all time because of his passion for the game.

I think one of the most difficult things for anyone who's played baseball is to accept the fact that maybe the players today are playing just as well as ever.

Bonaparte knew but one merit, and rewarded in one and the same way the good soldier, the good astronomer, the good poet, the good player.

A real player is somebody who never gives up, who keeps thinking all the way through, who's scared, (darn) right, but plays through being scared.

It's a bad place when you see sometimes how coaches treat people. I don't even want to say players. I want to say people. They're people before they become a player.

Bill Justis was a saxophone player, good musician, arranger, and friend of mine who had a big hit called Raunchy.

If you were in the Brondby dressing room right now, which of the Liverpool players would you be looking at?

He's got a great right foot, and if he can get his head around that he'll be a great player.

Andre Tippett was an impact player who consistently played at a level that set him apart. Accounting for him limited what an offense could do. He made quarterbacks nervous.and rightly so.

I like being on the floor, listening in on the huddles. It makes me feel like a player again.

When players are used to winning, they put out a little more. Basketball 3rd winningest coach (regular season and playoffs) in NBA history; won 1,037 times in 20 years.

I play football, and most football players are camera shy. We just want to be left alone; we just want to stick to what we do.

The history says quarterbacks get paid more than running backs, but I think it depends on the caliber of the player - what you're getting, not just what the position is.

I mean, to win a major, you've got to be a good player and you've got to get your breaks, as well, to win.

Golf is growing, and there are more good young players, but you don't see them going abroad. It's so expensive to travel.

There are always ups and downs when you lose a player the caliber of Matt Ryan.

Invariably, guitar players that go solo make really bad records.

My journey as a player is complete.

What I would tell young players is that as you get older, the best thing you can do is try to have other interests and have opportunities.

A lot of the players I'm with, thank God, we're all still vertical. We've lost so many great players through the years, and we're still standing, as Elton John says.

The players must be at the centre of their industry.

The Arsenal youth team is full of young players.

A lot of players might be tired, but I feel nice and sharp.

The speed will increase and the players will be better, but also the players around you will be a lot better. It all cancels itself out.

Based on all criteria - military power, economic influence, cultural dominance - America remains number one, even though other, new players are increasingly challenging it in that role.

I do not know whom I wish to win; until I do, I will let no player be eliminated.

On Jose Gonzalez changing his name to Jose Uribe: 'He was definitely the player to be named later.'

I talk to players all the time.

I feel that I was a good all-around player, I had good speed, a good arm and could play the outfield.

Cameroon is stronger because it's a country of conquerors, of winners. Cameroon's players aren't necessarily very technical, but that when they play, they play to win.

You can be a top, top player for 10, 20 years, then you become a coach, lose two or three games and you're out.

Time is of the essence, The crowd and players Are the same age always, But the man in the stand, Is older every season.

I've always said the players don't build up rivalries themselves, people from the outside build up the rivalries. I just want to play good golf. I want to try and keep winning golf tournaments.

I pick first my best team, and my captain from that team and I only pick players that are on form.

It is always disappointing when a player is not prepared to stick it out and fight for his place in a national team.

It is said in sporting circles that great players leave the game a year too early rather than a year too late.

I saw a survey and it is that NFL fans are fed up with listening to players talk about politics.

If you want to work consistently, you have to be a team player.

Football develops, it becomes quicker, players develop as athletes.

When I played, I received racial abuse but I was just one of a few black players and we weren't backed up by the authorities.

It's not just the manager who makes the decision, it's the player who makes the decision. They both decide fifty-fifty to make a decision.

I was never much of a bass player.

Where I grew up, people obviously knew my dad because it's a small place and he was the top player for Swinton - they'd go and watch him play, see him in the papers, so they knew he was black.

Many players want to make as much money as they can and change teams for ten grand. How is that going to make much difference to their lives?