Player Quotes · Page 71

I consider the Detroit Red Wings one of the greatest franchises in any sport. For a player to come in and play,…

— Steve Yzerman

Spectators around the world enjoyed watching Seve, but talking to a lot of the players, he made such an impression on them…

— Ben Crenshaw

I'm the luckiest guy in the world. I never really had a job. I was a football player, then a football coach,…

— John Madden

When I am most successful as a guitar player is when I'm able to just sort of lose myself. You stop thinking…

— Tom Morello

Baseball players need strength but also the ability to make fast-paced, explosive movements, so their training is all about strengthening the tendons…

— Chadwick Boseman

That's one thing I pride myself on is working hard in the weight room, working hard in practice, trying to become a…

— Dwight Howard

I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar.

— Tina Weymouth

The amazing thing about Sweets [Edison] was that he exactly spoke the way that he played! He was really unique, the one…

— Ray Brown

If I had spent a quarter of the time that I spent manipulating my sexuality in front of a piano instead, I…

— Ricky Martin

Best player? For me, it's Paul Scholes. He'll do ridiculous things in training like say, “You see that tree over there?” -…

— Rio Ferdinand

The Olympics are every four years and I think every athlete who competes in the Olympics wants the gold medal, and I…

— George Gregan

In some ways the players are no different to kids as you've got to set boundaries and you've got to work within…

— Warren Gatland

I have always thought I was the best ever player.

— George Best

The internet creates chaos and a dangerous kind of piracy but makes the viewer much more active and gives the voice to…

— Agnieszka Holland

I've shown people what I can do and want to establish myself as a Premier League player.

— Dele Alli

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.

— Takeru Kobayashi

One of the hardest parts of practice is the criticism a player takes from his coaches. Some players think a coach has…

— Willie Mays

I got a poster from Columbia Records, and there's Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Ellington, Count Basie - everybody in that poster has…

— Dave Brubeck

I believe that I'm a special player. I think people love the way I just try to play. I don't try to…

— Derrick Rose

I'm a baseball player. Not being able to play baseball certainly was a lonely thing.

— Hideki Matsui

You know how in sports baseball players, they hit home runs. Football players, they throw and they score touchdowns. I get to…

— Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa

I grew up with LeBron as my all-time favorite player.

— Tyrese Haliburton

The more you know about your opponents, the more you learn how to beat them. Where the holes open to run through,…

— Ray Lewis

Lord Bendtner is the best player of all times

— Barack Obama

I motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.

— Tommy Lasorda

Jennifer Lopez has been very much in the news because of her divorce from Marc Anthony, also a top singer, a top…

— Jennifer Lopez

I feel my spot is somewhere between a bass player and a rhythm guitar player. I play with a pick. I play…

— Nikki Sixx

I love being an older comic now. It's like being an old soccer or an old baseball player. You're in the Hall…

— Eric Idle

People are quick to think if you are not playing you are a bad player and it is not that at all.

— Robert Snodgrass

No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts.

— Anonymous

My father was an all-American football player.

— Edwin Moses

The quality of players - the likes of Sam Tomkins, Rangi Chase and Lee Briers - bring an X-factor to the game.…

— Brett Finch

John McEnroe...was arguably the best serve-and-volley man of all time, but then McEnroe was an exception to pretty much every predictive norm…

— David Foster Wallace

The young players in the Welsh squad aren't young any more

— Ian Rush

I just want to be a great player.

— Kemba Walker

There are some agents who do a good job looking after players but there are others who stifle and mollycoddle them.

— Gary Neville

Pele was the most complete player I've ever seen, he had everything. Two good feet. Magic in the air. Quick. Powerful. Could…

— Osvaldo Ardiles

There are a lot of great players from Europe who have never played Augusta, but all the guys in America have all…

— Tiger Woods

Remember this: The house doesn't beat the player. It just gives him the opportunity to beat himself.

— Nick Dandolos

When I went blind at 13, I realized that I wasn't going to be a good baseball or basketball player like I…

— Erik Weihenmayer