What people think of me and my playing is up to them, not…

Just think about the game. Think about playing great, having a great time. Helping my team win.

— Deion Sanders

I want to make myself and the crowd happy by way of something different, and that makes things difficult. I'm never playing something that…

— Tiesto

I've given up trying to understand what people think about me. It seems like a lot of people don't like the music we make…

— Conor Oberst

All I think about is playing at the highest level and in the top competitions so I can measure myself against the best in…

— Jack Wilshere

So, I just kind of played the way I played and then eventually we kind of figured out what worked best for the band.…

— Matt Cameron

The night before a game, I'd think about who I was playing, and then how I'd bowled against those guys, if I had got…

— Glenn McGrath

I always say that to compose is to think. Playing is good, it's useful, but it's how your intellect puts the ideas together that…

— Alexandre Desplat

I never want people to think I'm not playing my hardest or I'm not giving it my all.

— Tyrann Mathieu

I think playing is the biggest thing for me. I don't think practice can help me.

— Dion Waiters

You can't think and play. If you think about what you're playing the playing becomes stilted. You have to just focus on the music…

— Joe Pass

I have often said to the orchestra, especially to the younger players, 'Do your best, and love what you are doing, because you are…

— Herbert von Karajan

I never think of playing for South Africa. It's the furthest thing from my mind.

— Kevin Pietersen

I think playing with no fans would be pretty wild. It would almost be like a scrimmage at training camp. You'd have to bring…

— Gordon Hayward

I think of myself as playing against the board, and not against my opponent.

— Daniel Naroditsky

I think playing coy is silly. Speak your mind. If a man gets turned off, he's the wrong man.

— Mila Kunis