Player Quotes · Page 77

I was a guitar player first off.

— Boz Scaggs

There are times when players have got to feel that if they work hard and they give everything, they get the carrot,…

— Warren Gatland

My mother said I would have more chances to become a tennis player than a football player.

— Marat Safin

I know I'm black. Everyone knows I'm black. But I don't want to be defined as a black hockey player.

— P.K. Subban

I'd definitely say I prefer more-attacking positions for myself, as a winger or a No 10 kind of player.

— Callum Hudson-Odoi

I am always honest, and I am not the sort of player to say, 'Oh, I love Arsenal' and then sign for…

— Thierry Henry

James Ralston, my guitar player, has performed with Tina Turner for about 22 years. Jim Hanson on bass has played with Johnny…

— Vonda Shepard

My growth as a player is extremely important to me.

— Jerami Grant

The excitement of the fans in Montreal, especially in the playoffs, I don't think you can get that anywhere else. For a…

— Saku Koivu

I'm not the player I was.

— Stephen Hendry

I'm just a poker player who does a bit of TV.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

My father was a basketball player, so I loved basketball because he did. It was a direct transference. But, more than that,…

— Sherman Alexie

He is someone I respect [Beckham] as a man and as a player. He is the captain of England and has been…

— Jose Mourinho

If you have something critical to sat to a player, preface it by saying something positive. That way when you get to…

— Bud Grant

I've managed 25 years, and I can probably count on one hand players that I didn't really care for, and that's probably…

— Jim Leyland

Baseball is a lot like the Army, there aren't many individuals. About the only difference is that baseball players get to stay…

— Bill Lee

I was sixteen, I became a working guitar player gigging in LA, mostly in top 40 bands, then touring. I learned to…

— Danny Jacob

Players taught to watch the man with the ball leaves them totally unprepared for the next move, which is always dictated by…

— Tommy Docherty

I wanted to be a soccer player. I knew that couldn't happen.

— John Oliver

Try walking the halls of Congress. It's Abercrombie & Fitch meets the Hair Club for Men. Lots of really photogenic young people…

— Michelle Malkin

...I do not say, Don't play games or cricket and so forth. By all means play and enjoy them, giving thanks to…

— Charles Studd

It really gets into your system. All baseball players have this internal clock around February when it starts to kick in and…

— David Cone

It's the attitude of the players, not their skills, that is the biggest factor in determining whether you win or lose.

— Harry Sinden

Bad putting is due more to the effect the green has upon the player than it has upon the action of the…

— Bobby Jones

We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.

— Allen Iverson

My favorite player back then was Joe Adcock. I don't know why he was my favorite player. He just was.

— Ernie Johnson Jr

In human life, you will find players of religion until the knowledge and proficiency in religion will be cleansed from all superstitions,…

— Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Like any good shaman, professional baseball player, or politician, my mother always answered questions with questions.

— Sherman Alexie

You can only really yell at the players you trust.

— Bill Parcells

I'm not the best player in the history of tennis. I think I'm amongst the best. That's true. That's enough for me.

— Rafael Nadal

Milan is my favorite team. Every weekend I check the Serie A results to see how Milan fared. Milan has really great…

— Mamadou Sakho

The World Cup in 2010 is going to be the most inspirational thing ever to hit the streets in South Africa. For…

— Benni McCarthy

After her came jolly June, arrayed All in green leaves, as he a player were; Yet in his time he wrought as…

— Edmund Spenser

Well, I'm definitely gonna focus on being a better all-around player.

— DeAndre Jordan

I look at the records, and you don't win the Cy Young seven times or the MVP without being a good player.

— Pete Rose

The one player I have looked up to since I was a kid is Ryan Giggs.

— Gareth Bale

Chris is the engineer down at the studio where we do these things. And he's just such an integral part and he…

— Guy Clark

The combination player thinks forward; he starts from the given position, and tries the forceful moves in his mind

— Emanuel Lasker

I don't just want to be the best player in the NBA, I want to be the highest paid.

— Shawn Kemp

Jimmer Fredette is the best scorer in the world!!

— Kevin Durant