Famous Quotes & Sayings

Hakeem Olajuwon

When people start comparing him with (Michael) Jordan then that's not a fair comparison. Jordan was a far more superior player in a very tough league, he was very creative. That's not taking away anything from LeBron because he is a great player, but it is not a fair comparison because Jordan is a far superior player.

Haile Selassie

Everyone, in all walks of life, regardless of his professional occupation should feel concerned and play an active role to solve such problems which affect mankind...

Gunther Schuller

If you mess around with jazz, you better have a good drummer and a good bass player.

Greg Norman

If you're serious about improving your play, be brutally honest with yourself.

Greg Norman

Play the shot you've got the best chance of playing well.

Graham Nelson

What I would pay much more attention to are the few points where the player can inadvertently make a career decision. Most players end up back-tracking, though some actually enjoy this.

I never pay attention to errors in the Minor Leagues. Derek Jeter made 43 errors in the South Atlantic League, and I didn't care. With his hands and his range, I don't worry about that with Zimmerman. He is a good defensive player.

Jim Bouton

For a hundred years, the owners screwed the players. For 25 years, the players have screwed the owners-they've got 75 years to go.

Jim Bouton

We were like farm animals compared to today's players who are treated like thoroughbreds.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

I love TV now, and 'Modern Family,' but what draws me back to theater is that initial instinct of wanting to be a theater actor. I love the challenge of starting a play and not stopping until you finish. I love the immediacy of trusting your instincts.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

I wanted to be an actor because I wanted to be onstage. I wanted to do musical theater, and from that I realized I was interested in plays. I never imagined myself on television. I was so lucky to be onstage my whole life.

Jessica Alba

I wish I could speak Spanish, because it would be a lot easier to play more interesting roles.

Jerry Krause

Players dont win championships, organizations do!

Jean Baudrillard

Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors.

Jay-Z

When I come back like Jordan, wearing the 4-5 It ain't to play games with you, it's to aim at you, probably maim you If I owe you I'm blowin' you to smithereens.

Jay Feaster

He's the kind of player that is worth the price of admission.

Jay Hernandez

I grew up in LA. I sort of watched the Raiders play and that sort of thing.

Jay Leno

So, the Phoenix Suns are wearing jerseys written in Spanish, made in China, modeled after their best player, Canadian Steve Nash. There you go. That is America.

Jay Leno

With the presidential debates right around the corner, John Kerry is going to play Mitt Romney to help the President prepare for the debates. That's kind of a stretch; a rich white guy from Massachusetts playing a rich white guy from Massachusetts.

Jay Leno

The Houston Astros want to change the name of Enron Field where they play. I guess the Enron name could cause problems for them. Like players could steal a base and then deny it.

Jay Baruchel

In the best-case scenario, the audience sees themselves in your shoes. The only way you can do that is if you try to play it as if it was happening to you.

Jay Baruchel

There's a chunk of myself in every part I play.

Carles Puyol

Leo Messi is a spectacular player, there is nobody else like him. I should not because I have suffered so much in training. I think he is the best forward at the moment and I think he will be so for many more years. He has his feet on the ground.

Carla Gugino

My tendency as an actor is, when there's a certain energy, I feel a challenge to match it, to come up to that plate and play on the same level.

Candace Bushnell

The universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor.

Bum Phillips

How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win.

Bryan Cranston

Being a day player, period, is one of the hardest things you can do as an actor.

Bud Grant

If you have something critical to sat to a player, preface it by saying something positive. That way when you get to the criticism, at least you know he'll be listening.

Bud Selig

So that there is no misunderstanding from my perspective, I will suspend any player who tests positive for an illegal steroid. There will be no exceptions. The (players) union is aware of that and they accept it.

Buck Owens

I'm gonna still play some dates, but I'm not gonna do anything near like I did it before.

Bubba Watson

What I say goes. I'm hitting shots that I want to hit. I'm doing the things that I want to do. I play it my way.

James Heckman

Schooling after the second grade plays only a minor role in creating or reducing gaps.

James Hillman

The self divided is precisely where the self is authentically located. . . We all have identity crises because a single identity is a delusion of the monotheistic mind. . . Authenticity is in the illusion, playing it, seeing through it from within as we play it, like an actor who sees through his mask and can only see in this way.