Player Quotes · Page 233

Before I was a manager, I was a player for 11 years.

— Roberto Mancini

My whole family likes to play basketball. George II plays for his high school team and George III and George IV and…

— George Foreman

My daddy was determined to make me a dentist and a baseball player. And I loved my daddy but I wasted four…

— Andrew Young

A very strong player can manage and can just know how to manage a thousand positions. I get it; it's a very…

— Garry Kasparov

I don't want to be involved in any politics. I just want to be a tennis player.

— Aryna Sabalenka

What you don't want from a player is to walk off and say 'that's the way I play.'

— Nasser Hussain

Being a doubles player, without any support, we don't have any godfathers in doubles.

— Jwala Gutta

The most skillful is Thierry Henry, he has impressed me the most. He's played a great tournament(Euro '00). He has the pace…

— Michel Patini

Every player has his goals.

— Edin Dzeko

In football, it's the job of the player to play, the coach to coach, the official to officiate. Each guy is charged…

— Lou Holtz

One time I was doing a speech to a group of kids, and just before I get there, I see this little…

— Tommy Lasorda

Leo Messi is a spectacular player, there is nobody else like him. I should not because I have suffered so much in…

— Carles Puyol

I always wished I had a chance to meet an NFL player or even a college player when I was growing up…

— Stephen Baker

It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six…

— Steve Yzerman

For example, I wouldn't hesitate to sit somebody down if he wasn't performing, even if he was the No. 1 player in…

— Payne Stewart

I think that players play, and they compete, and it's not about incentives.

— David Stern

You know, Bernie [Sanders] is - he is a team player. I think he's on the wrong team, perhaps because he's been…

— Jill Stein

It is my goal to win every time I play. But on the other hand, I also seek a balance of compassion…

— Novak Djokovic

I think there are [gay players] right now, and if they're looking for a window to just come out, I mean, now…

— Robert Griffin III

The only dream I've ever had is to become a major league baseball player.

— Mark Teixeira

On the show, I do a very serious thing. And a lot of people have a hard time reconciling that with what…

— Bill Maher

I've been very fortunate and privileged as a player and manager - I've been successful and picked up a lot of knowledge…

— John Toshack

I set myself up to be a bass guitarist and bass players get a lot more work than people like me.

— John Entwistle

My dad had a commercial film company, so he had a videotape player before anyone. So he got Mel Brooks movies or…

— John Cusack

I'm not going to lie and say that I'm good at Madden. There are some good players out there. There are some…

— Calvin Johnson