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title: "17 Player Didn Quotes by 17 authors"
description: "Browse 17 Player Didn quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Player Didn sayings and thoughts."
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> [God made me to be a sports player. He didn't make me to be a professor or any of that other crap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-orndorff/god-made-me-to-be-a-sports-player-he-didn-t-make-me-to-be-a-professor/)

[Paul Orndorff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-orndorff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5c/paul-orndorff-21447_god_god-made-me-to-be-a-sports-player-he-did_2911937.jpg)

> [If you're not the hero of your talent story, you simply become a player in one you didn't choose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-re-not-the-hero-of-your-talent-story-you-simply-become-a/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03d/anonymous-1_careers_if-you-re-not-the-hero-of-your-talent-st_2440430.jpg)

> [Stevie Ray Vaughan was very intense. Maybe that's what caught everybody's attention. As a player, he didn't do anything amazing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritchie-blackmore/stevie-ray-vaughan-was-very-intense-maybe-that-s-what-caught/)

[Ritchie Blackmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritchie-blackmore/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d66/ritchie-blackmore-11353_attention_stevie-ray-vaughan-was-very-intense-mayb_349098.png)

> [I really wasn't even a good high school player. I didn't have any plays for me run in college - ever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duncan-robinson/i-really-wasn-t-even-a-good-high-school-player-i-didn-t-have-any/)

[Duncan Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duncan-robinson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/duncan-robinson-21512_college_i-really-wasn-t-even-a-good-high-school_2866065.jpg)

> [My dad was a soccer player. He didn't know anything about basketball - nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giannis-antetokounmpo/my-dad-was-a-soccer-player-he-didn-t-know-anything-about-basketball/)

[Giannis Antetokounmpo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giannis-antetokounmpo/)

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> [If you lose a game, everyone asks why this player didn't play. If we win, nobody asks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-klopp/if-you-lose-a-game-everyone-asks-why-this-player-didn-t-play-if-we/)

[Jurgen Klopp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurgen-klopp/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/245/jurgen-klopp-4169_asks_if-you-lose-a-game-everyone-asks-why-thi_2269215.jpg)

> [Pele was a complete player. I didn't see him live obviously, because I wasn't born](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-beckham/pele-was-a-complete-player-i-didn-t-see-him-live-obviously-because-i/)

[David Beckham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-beckham/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/464/david-beckham-2195_born_pele-was-a-complete-player-i-didn-t-see_2272171.jpg)

> [“He was a player. She didn’t play. And, if she did, it would have been for keeps.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-goddard/he-was-a-player-she-didn-t-play-and-if-she-did-it-would-have-been-for/)

[Donna Goddard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-goddard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bd/donna-goddard-3029_flirt_he-was-a-player-she-didn-t-play-and-if-s_2068155.jpg)

> [I'd like to credit my speed to my grandfather. But he was also a quiet player. He didn't talk much. He just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-davis/i-d-like-to-credit-my-speed-to-my-grandfather-but-he-was-also-a-quiet/)

[Chris Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-davis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07f/chris-davis-100957_credit_i-d-like-to-credit-my-speed-to-my-grandf_1630364.png)

> [ “It’s my very unsophisticated way of taking the power back. I’ve always had an issue with \[the idea that\]: “OK, we’ve both… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pink/it-s-my-very-unsophisticated-way-of-taking-the-power-back-i-ve-always/)

[Pink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pink/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb5/pink-2472_slut_it-s-my-very-unsophisticated-way-of-taki_1465685.png)

> [I remember in my second year in the league, I dropped 17 balls and led the NFL in dropped passes. That made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-gonzalez/i-remember-in-my-second-year-in-the-league-i-dropped-17-balls-and-led/)

[Tony Gonzalez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-gonzalez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d58/tony-gonzalez-3785_crisis_i-remember-in-my-second-year-in-the-leag_2091435.jpg)

> [When I was a player, I didn't expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-bird/when-i-was-a-player-i-didn-t-expect-my-teammates-to-play-the-way-i/)

[Larry Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-bird/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55f/larry-bird-8994_every-day_when-i-was-a-player-i-didn-t-expect-my-t_202771.jpg)

> [When I played, I just wanted to guard the best player, and I didn't want him to score. That was just it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-iguodala/when-i-played-i-just-wanted-to-guard-the-best-player-and-i-didn-t/)

[Andre Iguodala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-iguodala/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/andre-iguodala-4818_best_when-i-played-i-just-wanted-to-guard-the_1943589.jpg)

> [With Luis Enrique, I never expected he would become a coach. He was an intuition player; he didn't speak with me about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-van-gaal/with-luis-enrique-i-never-expected-he-would-become-a-coach-he-was-an/)

[Louis van Gaal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-van-gaal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d78/louis-van-gaal-4298_coach_with-luis-enrique-i-never-expected-he-wo_1558903.png)

> [I came to Leverkusen as a very young player and didn't have many Bundesliga games back then. I wasn't well known.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emre-can/i-came-to-leverkusen-as-a-very-young-player-and-didn-t-have-many/)

[Emre Can](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emre-can/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef1/emre-can-8289_back_i-came-to-leverkusen-as-a-very-young-pla_1105779.jpg)

> [Once a player joins our team, our priority is to teach him, not worry about the player we didn't select.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-dungy/once-a-player-joins-our-team-our-priority-is-to-teach-him-not-worry/)

[Tony Dungy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-dungy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f3/tony-dungy-2343_football_once-a-player-joins-our-team-our-priorit_434308.png)

> [In Milwaukee, I was a young player and I didn't get the time that everybody expected, but that comes with the territory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-harris/in-milwaukee-i-was-a-young-player-and-i-didn-t-get-the-time-that/)

[Tobias Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobias-harris/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b0/tobias-harris-6078_everybody_in-milwaukee-i-was-a-young-player-and-i_1698755.jpg)

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