Playing Quotes · Page 60

A true friend doesn't have guts; they beat you up and later plead with you to beat them back.

— Michael Bassey Johnson

I had a great time playing on '1984.' I felt like I was growing as a player and background singer.

— Michael Anthony

We'd have to suck away at oxygen canisters between songs just so that we could keep playing.

— Michael Hutchence

I had to sit out for 21 weeks. I got to feel what it would be like if I didn't play, and…

— Willie Cauley-Stein

I've seen a lot of guys who can't get beyond their playing days.

— Spencer Paysinger

I don't want to imagine the time when I have to stop playing.

— Fernando Torres

What people think of me and my playing is up to them, not me.

— Billy Sheehan

Everything is very black and white for me. I don't really like playing mind games.

— Zayn Malik

I had so much fun playing songs from 'Based On A True Story...' and getting to see the crowd's reaction to those…

— Blake Shelton

My main focus is playing football and giving it all I got. I'm trying to go out there and make plays and…

— Aaron Donald

One of my big inspirations was Chuck Berry, and his playing was always about the rhythm and the lyrics. So I've always…

— Mick Ralphs

If you got somebody who will go through thick & thin and hold it down for you, don't ever play them. You'll…

— Anonymous

I feel like something I've wanted to do for a really long time, in a feature film or anything, is playing a…

— Olivia Holt

It wasn't very satisfying playing the big arenas, but it was good as far as a paycheck. But the sound was terrible,…

— Alvin Lee

Throughout my career, I was never able to relax; I always had to go on the field with another responsibility. I felt…

— Warren Moon

It's a constant challenge to get your arrangement and musical expression across to a new audience, especially when you're playing live every…

— Chick Corea

I didn't like to stop playing for a second to bother with eating or going to the bathroom. I was a really…

— Tig Notaro

I like playing characters who are fractured, broken. I find that more relatable, for some reason. I don't feel that I'm like…

— Jamie Dornan

My favorite thing about playing a vampire is the stunts. It's just a new, fun thing to do. Especially as a girl,…

— Candice Accola

Al Qaeda is nothing more than a mutant supply chain. They're playing off the same platform as Wal-Mart and Dell. They're just…

— Thomas Friedman

When I'm playing comedy, I never do 'jokes.' Sometimes I'll deliver a line in a way I think is more likely to…

— Bruce McGill

I experienced the heat when I was playing for Madrid. If we went to places like Sevilla early on in the season…

— Steve McManaman

I'm incredibly grateful to be playing the villain in a world which, if I really thought to hard about what I was…

— Tom Hardy

I've only ever played 'God of War' while we were shooting it. I've seen a lot of the videos, but while we…

— Joseph Gatt

After 'Rock Star,' I was definitely doing more high profile gigs. I was playing in Iceland. I was playing in Canada.

— Josh Logan

Playing in Japan for thousands of people was like playing on the moon.

— Rick Nielsen

Trent likes to record guitars direct, whereas I've always preferred playing through an amplifier.

— Daisy Berkowitz

In Fall Out Boy, we were all playing with our pop punk influences, so that was always within that kind of framework.

— Patrick Stump

The way I've been playing, I didn't really care who I was going to be playing first round.

— Tommy Haas

Playing the game, representing the team, giving my all and never letting go has meant everything to me.

— Jonny Wilkinson

That's what I'm drawn to: playing characters that are completely different.

— Alex Sharp

If you're playing the clubs, you're either on your way up or your way down.

— Al Madrigal

I've never complained about coming off the bench, not playing or not playing a lot.

— Channing Frye

I adored my years playing Rodney McKay and I would jump at any chance to reprise the role!

— David Hewlett

I would play until my mum called me. I would just stay out playing football, every day.

— Patrick van Aanholt

Well," I said. "If you need me, I'll be outside, playing with sharp objects.

— Rick Riordan

I like playing smart, savvy, sexy women -- because it's so not me!

— Amanda Tapping

I like Daniel Sturridge a lot after playing with him at Chelsea.

— Michael Ballack

Playing for a team you grew up rooting for, there's nothing cooler than that.

— Brook Lopez

The truth is I like the style of playing the ball out and hitting long passes.

— Aymeric Laporte