Player Quotes · Page 112

Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within the rules and spirit…

— Branch Rickey

I hope I become a better player day after day. This is one of my goals. I want to improve in every…

— David Beckham

At the end of my journey, I see myself as a Rocket. That's where I ended my career, and also the organization…

— Dikembe Mutombo

Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though.

— Boris Spassky

I know who I am as a person and as a player.

— Jameis Winston

I always get saddled as a player's coach, and I'm happy about that.

— Rex Ryan

Most announcers play pattycake, pattycake with the players they're covering.

— Johnny Miller

I am very happy to be signing for the best team in the world and especially proud to be the first Portuguese…

— Cristiano Ronaldo

Rocky is a warrior, we've had a lot of great battles starting from when I was 16. He's a true team player,…

— Mike Brown

You have to understand that the bass guitar is the party instrument. It only has four strings. If you see a bass…

— Keith Morris

There was a long stint during my childhood after I gave up on being a pro football player - we're talking sixth…

— Adam Ross

He has to be a great teacher. You have to have the right stuff and in the right proportions, and you have…

— Pete Carroll

Every player develops over time, as does every team and every opponent.

— Mario Gotze

Actually, my ambition at eight or nine years old was to be one of Little Richard's sax players, and that's when I…

— David Bowie

Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.

— Charley Pride

There isn't an injury known to man that Bryan Robson hasn't had.

— Alan Parry

If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players.

— Conn Smythe

Talent is to actors what luck is to card players. Its not really anything; its just a fictitious word that people have…

— Shia LaBeouf

As far as being a 'player's player,' you've only got to go to Nashville or Argentina and you can forget about it.…

— Mark Knopfler

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

— Russell Malone

The cards are bigger than you. You're not bigger than the cards. The cards are the best player at the table. So,…

— Thomas Henderson

I believe that box lacrosse gives young people many more opportunities to excel in our game. If I had my choice, I…

— Bill Tierney

I've already developed trust in my teammates -as a player and as a person.

— Philip Rivers

The individual skill of the player determines the outcome, unlike betting on the horses or betting on the lottery. It's not an…

— John Pappas

Actually, when I was very young, first starting to play, I think I probably listened more to clarinet players than to saxophones.

— Gerry Mulligan

I'm not the type of player who gives up.

— Ryan Babel

Nadal's the best player in history on [clay], and he is one of the best-ever players that played this game.

— Novak Djokovic

Tendulkar is a world class player and a great ambassador for the game. As a youngster I watched the games and that's…

— Graeme Smith

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

— Mark Cuban

I know he wants to get serious. He's definitely not a player, not a poser, not a loser, not a user.

— Ellen Hopkins

It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as…

— Wayne Rooney

Bob Sanders wasn't the biggest guy coming out of Erie, Pa., but I don't think anybody would dispute that he was a…

— Kirk Ferentz

All I want is to have fun in what I'm doing every day. I don't want to break records. To become the…

— Serena Williams

The USGA doesn't want to recognize the fact that today's players are better than ever. They seem willing to do anything to…

— Hale Irwin

I miss driving to Goodison Park. I miss just the positive energy of the fans walking into the stadium and how much…

— Landon Donovan

Messi is probably the best player of the last 20 years.

— Ryan Giggs

Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It's staying up all night looking for a woman that…

— Casey Stengel

Well, it used to be Kobe Bryant...the second best all time...now, I have a new favorite player to play against...my former teammate,…

— Dwyane Wade

Paolo Maldini is someone I loved at AC Milan and looked up to as a player. I think he had so much…

— John Terry

My foot, for a football player, is very beautiful!

— Neymar