Player Quotes · Page 254

I think we're going to have to accept the fact the U.S. is off the world map. We are not a great…

— Gore Vidal

Timmy Horan was a childhood hero. He was a great distributor, elusive, good stepper, very physical, defensively very sound. What a rounded…

— Brian O'Driscoll

It's pretty hard being a tennis player and Mother Theresa at the same time and that's just the way it is.

— Maria Sharapova

Don't ever underestimate Bill Russell as a basketball player.

— John Havlicek

When you sit with people you love, if you say something stupid, they call you on it - because they're honest with…

— Mike Babcock

Part of the charm of basketball lies in the fact that it's a simple game to understand. Players race up and down…

— Dan Jenkins

I strapped an MP3 player to one of those floor-cleaning robots. Call him DJ Roomba - little guy cruises around and plays…

— Aziz Ansari

I was never great, but I was a good [basketball] player, and I could play seriously. Now I'm like one of these…

— Barack Obama

As a tennis player, normally you lose almost every week.

— David Goffin

My high school coach was Ray O'Conner. He has coached a lot of players that have signed professional contracts, and many of…

— Robin Yount

That $27,000 that a young player will now get just for making the main draw at the Australian Open is huge. It…

— Samantha Stosur

I don't believe there is such a thing as a 'born' soccer player. Perhaps you are born with certain skills and talents,…

— Pele

Great players and great teams want to be driven. They want to be pushed to the edge. They don't want to be…

— Pat Riley

The game's finest mistakes were perpetrated by Djimi Traore, who interrupted his general competence with one air shot, one slice over his…

— Phil Cornwell

Often it feels like we are at a home match when we have so many fans there. The singing, the cheering helps…

— John Terry

My last piece of advice to the degenerate slot player who thinks he can beat the one-armed bandit consists of four little…

— John Scarne

Kenyon Martin is the 2nd best player in the Eastern Conference.

— Bill Walton

I'm definitely looking to put together a full season. I know what I'm capable of doing. I want to be the kind…

— Khalil Greene

I was a really good youth boxer, and I enjoyed the sport very much. Once I actually started to play the trumpet,…

— Christian Scott

Its silly to say it about a tennis player, but Im an unbelievable hero in Germany. And Germany needs heroes more than…

— Boris Becker

The first reason why I started to use the [electric] keyboard is because I really like the bending sound of the guitar…

— Hiromi

You don't have to be best friends as basketball players but I do believe in chemistry. I think it makes everything different…

— Dwight Howard

It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract time, but there are moments when…

— Brooks Robinson

My dad is obsessed with music, so I was raised around this guitar player that really wanted me to be a guitar…

— Zach Condon

The greatest player in the world. Ronaldinho? Absolutely. I just can't get enough of watching him play - he's a delight for…

— Ruud van Nistelrooy