Player Quotes · Page 107

China is certainly an important player in the global economy, and a widespread AIDS epidemic would threaten that growth.

— Bill Gates

I always want my players to show class, knock'em down, pat on the back, and run back to the huddle.

— Bear Bryant

Sport can be used for messaging, for example, making the connections between shin guards or a helmet that protects you, and protection…

— Carol Bellamy

We want to win. The Raider fans deserve it. The Raider players deserve it, even my organization deserves it. You have to…

— Al Davis

The College World Series, that's the end-all deal as a college player. To get a chance to play in the World Series…

— Morgan Ensberg

We need the whole squad, every player of the team, if we are to be successful.

— Pep Guardiola

Tom Brady is a great quarterback, he's a great player, and what you've seen with him is he's gotten better every year.

— Eli Manning

A professional player is smarter than a college man. He uses his noodle. He knows what to do and when to do…

— Red Grange

The best illustration I can give of his talent is that at Manchester United there was always a possession drill in training…

— Gary Neville

The reality, ... is that I need to win games of football. That's where the pressure and the sleepless nights come from.…

— Gordon Strachan

Sometimes I wish I could have been a bit more relaxed, but then I wouldn't have been the same player.

— Steffi Graf

I am still better than lots of players.

— Shahid Afridi

Congratulations to the Italian people for winning the World Cup. ... They won after France's best player got ejected for head butting.…

— Jay Leno

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

— Ben Kingsley

I am also amazed with Messi, what he is doing is very good. He contributes alot of very good things for the…

— Alfredo Di Stefano

When I was young, I never bought records because my brother Joseph played saxophone and had a record player. I loved listening…

— Miriam Makeba

A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good…

— John Wooden

How much soccer training is it needed to become a top player? It depends on the efficiency of your training routine. Setting…

— Pele

I don't know how many calories an average chess player burns per game, but it often exceeds that of a player in…

— Viswanathan Anand

I never want to hurt a player but being physical is different. Body to body.

— Dwane Casey

In club football you have your players and staff with you all the time, preparing for two games a week, you know…

— Graham Taylor

Players today can only shoot with their laces. I could shoot with the inside, laces, and outside of both feet. In other…

— Johan Cruijff

Pick any player of the world. Make him the captain of India. I can assure you that the results will still be…

— Sourav Ganguly

So in one sense you don't have the classic keyboard player in Yes.

— Billy Sherwood

I played with Willie Mays and against Hank Aaron. They were tremendous players, but they were no Josh Gibson.

— Monte Irvin

Players and painted stage took all my love, And not those things that they were emblems of.

— William Butler Yeats

Our philosophy doesn't change. We're always competing. But the ways to approach it and the ways to make that up and make…

— Pete Carroll

To be a good artist / letterer / designer / guitar player it takes practice. A lot of it. More than you…

— Jessica Hische

I would love to see as many of the black players as possible in today's Major League Baseball make every effort to…

— Ferguson Jenkins

I have my own identity as a player.

— Carmelo Anthony

I'm not an athlete, I'm a baseball player.

— John Kruk

You've got to remember, the older you get the slower you get. I've seen a lot of players get old ... if…

— Hank Aaron

My opinion is there should NOT be an MVP award [in hockey]. The Olympic teams sports shouldn't acknowledge individuality. And if there…

— Michael Wilbon

I was a player in the Arena League, I was building relationships with that internship.

— Matt Nagy

I'm John McEnroe-like. I'm coming forward every opportunity I get. My wingspan covers some ground at the net. My serve is OK.…

— Matt Kuchar

If a player demonstrated that he is the best, and a team decides, even so, we don't want to pay him, as…

— Lynn Swann

India and China are improving by leaps and bounds and it will be their chess players who will lead the revolution of…

— Judit Polgar

I've been the best player on every team that I played on, so if I can't be the poster child of your…

— Gary Sheffield

I'm a football player by trade. That's what I do, ... So I did everything I could to make myself a football…

— Tedy Bruschi

One player doesn't change a team.

— Bruno Fernandes