Player Quotes

3631 Player quotes by 1989 unique authors

The most important quality I look for in a player is accountability. You've got to be accountable for who you are. It's too easy to… — Lenny Wilkens
Coaches build teams, parents build players. — Unknown Author
A player who makes a team great is better than a great player. — John Wooden
Competition is key to developing players. The only practice environment in which you truly develop a player is a competitive arena. — Anson Dorrance
... I just want to remind the owners and the players: you guys make money because you have a whole bunch of fans out there… — Barack Obama
Is hockey hard? I don't know, you tell me. We need to have the strength and power of a football player, the stamina of a… — Brendan Shanahan
My focus was always first and foremost to stop the puck. I never let the other players on the other team get to me. — Unknown Author
We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player. — Bobby Knight
There's no reason why a player is done at 33, 34. They train better, they eat better, they drink better. This isn't the old days… — Bobby Clarke
On his refusal to deal with Keith Primeau: We refuse to pay a prima donna, a petulant, pouting player who had 30 goals last year… — Peter Karmanos, Jr.
On Sergei Fedorov's breaking three sticks on Dallas players: I don't know if Anna (Kournikova) told him to get tougher or what. — Mike Modano
Milt was one of the men who discovered Bobby Orr. He once said that if a player comes along who is better then Bobby Orr,… — Unknown Author
When you take off that sweater, your jersey, after today's game, you will be the last player in the NHL to ever wear 99. You… — Gary Bettman
The country is full of good coaches. What it takes to win is a bunch of interested players. — Unknown Author
The Coach does not play in the game, but the Coach helps the players identify areas to improve their game. — Lord Byron
I talk to our players about life and situations and doing the right thing all the time. — Tony Dungy
I don't think you're ever there. You never arrive, but if you do, you might as well quit because you're already there. Can't get any… — Tiger Woods
You think the greatest thing in the whole world would be to become a baseball player - if best things already happened, what's next? — John McGraw
A player who conjugates a verb in the first person singular cannot be part of the squad, he has to conjugate the verb in the… — Unknown Author
Sport strips away personality, letting the white bone of character shine through. Sport gives players an opportunity to know and test themselves. — Rita Mae Brown
The winning team has a dedication. It will have a core of veteran players who set the standards. They will not accept defeat. — Merlin Olsen
Give your players something they can physically do - don't ask them to do something they can't do. — Lou Holtz
Habits are critical for players. They cannot think and play well at the same time. — Don Meyer
One of the most unfortunate things I see when identifying youth players is the girl who is told over the years how great she is.… — Anson Dorrance
The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play… — Pete Sampras

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