Player Quotes · Page 123

I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver.

— Chely Wright

Louis Armstrong changed all the brass players around, but after Bird, all of the instruments had to change - drums, piano, bass,…

— Anonymous

Coaches build teams, parents build players.

— Charles Piazzi Smyth

My stepfather met my mother when I was seven years old, and he was a guitar player. So he caught me messing…

— George Benson

Wayne Bennett believes in himself and his players, and he always will.

— Darren Lockyer

What draws people to the instrument is the love for guitar players that play a certain way. I mean, even though it…

— Tom Morello

In an unhealthy way, I found a lot of validity in having always been a very good athlete, a very good baseball…

— R.A. Dickey

Men own basketball teams. Every year cheerleaders' outfits get tighter and briefer, and players' shorts get baggier and longer.

— Rita Rudner

I got cast playing the best baseball player anybody's ever seen. I don't know how to play any sport, including baseball, but…

— Geena Davis

I'm never going to walk away because I'll always have belief that I can improve players and make things better.

— Brendan Rodgers

I am working on it but I don't thinking having a good serve is the most important thing. It is about a…

— Elena Dementieva

I have a few tricks and dribbles which I use a lot and when I am playing well, it is natural that…

— Cristiano Ronaldo

Years ago R.N.A. was kind of a bit player in the cell. Now our picture's completely inverted, and we think R.N.A.'s really…

— Jack W. Szostak

I know my players don't like my practices, but that's OK because I don't like their games.

— Harry Neale

To play well, you need good players, but a good player almost always has the problem of a lack of efficiency. He…

— Johan Cruijff

As a former football player who has carried a football more than 4,000 times, trust me, I did not go into ballroom…

— Emmitt Smith

Do anything you wanna do—but from [the heart]. Music is a thing from the heart, from the soul, just like anything else…

— Hubert Sumlin

Don't ever ask a player to do something he doesn't have the ability to do. He'll just question your ability as a…

— Lou Holtz

Every top player has his own style, just as every painter has his own personal signature.

— Vladimir Kramnik

I know I'm not the best. I'm not the best singer, I'm not the best songwriter, I'm not the best player.

— Kid Rock

A lot of times I blend in a little bit easier because I'm not like a basketball player who's going to stand…

— Tiger Woods

Have I ever pretended to be something? I think back in college I think I might have told a girl that I…

— James Roday

I think coaches sometimes foul their own players out of game by benching them too long when in foul trouble

— Jeff Van Gundy

I don't get a big charge out of being the leading scorer. The object of competing is winning. I just try to…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

If you lose a game, everyone asks why this player didn't play. If we win, nobody asks.

— Jurgen Klopp

I have to constantly tell my personnel staff, 'Hey guys, we're still a good staff even though we're allowing good players to…

— Ozzie Newsome

Ford shared this vision. We are inviting more players to join in.

— Steve Ballmer

I think Gadhafi is on the mark. And up until this point in time, I think they truly want to turn this…

— Curt Weldon

At Harvard, the strong and savvy and confident thrived, while the nice or shy or quaintly moral were just bit players. In…

— Sergio Troncoso

The interesting thing is that, well, here's what I think about songwriters and songs. Sometimes people sit down and say, "I gotta…

— Andy Kim

But something magical happened to me when I went to Reardan. Overnight I became a good player. I suppose it had something…

— Sherman Alexie

Unless a player goes in for intensive play and tournament competition, two racquets are sufficient.

— Anonymous

Pele was a complete player. I didn't see him live obviously, because I wasn't born

— David Beckham

They try to say this era was a tainted era. But so many great players played in the last 15 to 20…

— Rafael Palmeiro

I just try to be the player I am.

— Ben Zobrist

This is a dirty business, that is why I go out and play with my heart. I feel like football players are…

— Terrell Owens

Success in anything is about focus and concentration. When I coached, I'd say to the players, 'Yes, I know you played hard,…

— Rick Barry

Whether you're trying to learn in hockey or trying to learn in life, I've always tried to be observant and tried to…

— Sidney Crosby

All the world is a stage and we are merely players.

— William Shakespeare

He is an exceptional talent. I still think Diego Maradona is the best player I have ever seen but Messi is closing…

— Ander Herrera