Famous Quotes & Sayings

We had been at Warehouse C-11 in Atlanta, where we had played before,

Jeff Banks

We had backups ready to go. We charted his plays to see how many times he touched the ball, worried about overusing him.

Paula Creamer

When the No. 1 player in the world is in the field, everything starts higher. It will be more known. But a win is a win at the end of the day.

When the nation's very survival is at stake, there is no room for playing politics,

Chris Davis

I'd like to credit my speed to my grandfather. But he was also a quiet player. He didn't talk much. He just went out there on the field and did his own thing.

Chris Evert

Relationships are give-and-take, and when you're a tennis player, you're certainly not giving. You have to be self-absorbed. It has to be about you.

Chris Evert

You're always striving to play that perfect match.

Chris Evert

I can definitely say the same thing [discussing Steffi Graf's claim that she had played against at least one top player who used steroids]. Steroids can really make a difference, physically and mentally. I'd be really disappointed if I had been ranked No. 2 behind someone who took steroids.

Charles Spurgeon

We cannot play at preaching. We preach for eternity.

Charles Olson

Is it not the play of the mind we are after? Is it not that that shows a mind is there at all?

Tom Bailey

We won't be one-dimensional on offense, ... We have linemen who can give our skilled players time to make the plays.

Arthur Ashe

If I didn't play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.

Arthur Ashe

It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.

Arthur Ashe

You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.

Aziz Ansari

I strapped an MP3 player to one of those floor-cleaning robots. Call him DJ Roomba - little guy cruises around and plays music. What's hot, DJ Roomba!

Ben Goldacre

You are a placebo responder. Your body plays tricks on your mind. You cannot be trusted.

Ben Folds

Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.

Carl Sandburg

Hog butcher for the world, Tool maker, stacker of wheat, Player with railroads and the nation's freight handler; Stormy, husky, brawling, City of big shoulders.

Carice van Houten

I don't do method acting. If I play a farmer, I'm not gonna spend 3 weeks on a chicken farm. That's a bit too much for me.

Carey Mulligan

I wanted to be a musical theatre actress - I wanted to play Sally Bowles, forever and ever always.

Carey Mulligan

I was trying to find ways of not being pigeon-holed like that. I didn't want to be tied down by my accent. I wanted to play Americans. I don't want to ever be doing the same thing twice, and I just didn't want to repeat myself.

Carey Mulligan

I've always said I prefer theater, but there's only ever been one play that I really loved doing, and that was The Seagull.

Carey Mulligan

It's actually easier to play a leading role than it is to play a supporting role.

Cameron Monaghan

I do play the guitar, and I can sing, but just enough to carry a tune.

Cam Gigandet

I was meant to play the bad guy, for always and ever.

Cam Gigandet

It's such a challenge to play a good guy - it's hard to be believable.

Cameron Sinclair

Treat the world like a failed state; then you can understand the players needed to fix it.

C. S. Lewis

Like a good chess player, Satan is always trying to maneuver you into a position where you can save your castle only by losing your bishop.

C. S. Lewis

But the most obvious fact about praise -- whether of God or anything -- strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment, approval, or the giving of honor. I had never noticed that all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise. ... The world rings with praise -- lovers praising their mistresses, readers their favorite poet, walkers praising the countryside, players praising their favorite game. ... I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation.

We've struggled offensively this year. It's been a season-long struggle. We've been playing just well enough to pull through.

Buster Keaton

I gotta do some sad scenes. Why, I never tried to make anybody cry in my life! And I go `round all the time dolled up in kippie clothes-wear everything but a corset...can`t stub my toe in this picture nor anything! Just imagine having to play-act all the time without ever getting hit with anything!

Burt Reynolds

If I want to be up for an Academy Award, I'm either going to have to play a tour de force of some kind or have a tracheotomy just before the nominations.

Carol Burnett

I always preferred working with somebody so I could look into their eyeballs and play tennis.