Player Quotes · Page 113

Every stroke a tennis player plays is different, yet we perceive them as playing in a distinctive and unique way. It's what…

— George Pattison

I never set out to intentionally hurt any player and never enticed any teammate to intentionally hurt another player. I also never…

— Jonathan Vilma

I can't believe that Babe Ruth was a better player than Willie Mays. (Babe) Ruth is to baseball what Arnold Palmer is…

— Sandy Koufax

The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Here or There as strikes the Player goes.

— Edward Fitzgerald

People say you're too good - you're never too good to go down, believe me. I've seen it at Leeds. We had…

— Jonathan Woodgate

Man was born to be rich, or grow rich by use of his faculties, by the union of thought with nature. Property…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.

— Gary Cherone

So say I’m your mom.' 'What?' I said. 'I’m your mom,' he repeated. 'Now tell me you want to quit modeling.' I…

— Sarah Dessen

Genius is a starry word; but if there ever was a chess player to whom that attribute applied, it was Paul Morphy.

— Andrew Soltis

Guitar Player Magazine says Dick Dale is the father of Heavy Metal, blowing up 48 amplifiers, creating the first power amplifier.

— Dick Dale

There has been in our time a lack of reliance on language and a lack of experimentation which are frightening to anyone…

— Muriel Rukeyser

It's completely normal that every player wants to be a starter. But ultimately the coach decides and we have to accept it.

— Ivan Perisic

He fumbles at your spirit As players at the keys Before they drop full music on; He stuns you by degrees. Prepares…

— Emily Dickinson

As the game gets bigger, it get bigger for the players.

— Michael Strahan

Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is time. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your…

— Elbert Hubbard

I was born at the right time. I was a freak - the only young player when darts took off in the…

— Eric Bristow

A lot of people, when a guy scores a lot of goals, think, 'He's a great player', because a goal is very…

— Pele

Parisians are so besotted, so silly and so naturally inept that a street player, a seller of indulgences, a mule with its…

— Francois Rabelais

I was also very lucky to be a teammate of two of the greatest players to have ever played the game. I…

— Robin Yount

I don't see a lot of guys that have done that [winning three times before age 24], besides Tiger Woods, of course,…

— Patrick Reed

I'm the type of player, I want to win a game.

— Robert Horry

Enormous self-belief, intuition, the ability to take a risk at a critical moment and go in for a very dangerous play with…

— Garry Kasparov

There are a lot of good racquetball players out there, but playing the game and knowing the game are two different things.…

— Kane Waselenchuk

It is the height of professionalism to be able to make an ordinary piece of music sound good. When playing routine melodic…

— Howard Snell

I just said to myself, 'Damn, I'm a great player.'

— Shaquille O'Neal

I'm just thrilled for so many people. Our players, mostly, but the people in our organization - Rick Welts, Joe Lacob and…

— Steve Kerr

A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

He's Wayne Rooney - a good character and a lively character,He's been very helpful and understanding and has certainly made me feel…

— Phil Jones

I've always been partial to good players. If someone is a good player I'm interested.

— Tom Thibodeau

The coach's job is to be part servant in helping each player reach his goals within the team concept.

— Dean Smith

There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either.

— Michael Jordan

I think the guys are more conscious of the fact that being in good physical condition under the conditions that they play…

— Arnold Palmer

I don't think anywhere is there a symbiotic relationship between caddie and player like there is in golf.

— Johnny Miller

Play off your great player... great teams have a go-to player and they play off of him.

— Don Meyer

Isn't it strange how upset people get about a few dozen baseball players taking growth hormones, when we're doing what we're doing…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I think social media has allowed the players to be able to say things that maybe didn't come out right the first…

— Ken Griffey, Jr

It is also amazing to find just how religious and occult-minded some of the leading political and military players of the war…

— Philip Jenkins

After fifteen years of facing them (pitchers) you don't really get over them. They're devious. They're the only players in the game…

— Richie Ashburn

I've always felt that 'game over' is a state of failure more for the game designer than from the player,

— David Cage

By far Gretzky is the most talented player ever. Every time he gets the puck something exciting happens.

— Mike Milbury