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.

Dick Van Dyke

I played a killer twice. Once on 'Matlock,' on Andy Griffith's show, I got to play the killer.

Dick Van Dyke

I do miss the rhythms of comedy. And I've never been able to perform very well without an audience. The sitcoms I've done had them. It was like doing a little play.

Dennis Quaid

I'm not really a pitcher; I just play one in the movies.

Dennis Rodman

If Lebron was playing in the late 80's and early 90's, just an average player

Dennis Rodman

Larry Bird is overrated in a lot of areas. ... Why does he get so much publicity? Because he's white. You never hear about a black player being the greatest.

Dennis Haysbert

It's really quite an interesting dynamic. I wanted to play to the truth of who Manute was in the first film, while it's also a prequel and the originator [of the story]. It was an interesting dynamic to work with, definitely. I haven't seen the film yet, but the way it felt when I was doing it, it felt like it worked.

Denis Johnson

All the modern verse plays, they're terrible; they're mostly about the poetry. It's more important that the play is first.

Denis Diderot

What a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it.

Deborah Tannen

When those closest to us respond to events differently than we do, when they seem to see the same scene as part of a different play, when they say things that we could not imagine saying in the same circumstances, the ground on which we stand seems to tremble and our footing is suddenly unsure.

Dee Dee Myers

When I joined Bill Clinton's start-up presidential campaign in 1991, I was confident that women would play an ever more important role, but I never gave a minute's thought to what would happen if we won. When we did - and I became the first woman to serve as White House press secretary - it changed my life. But it didn't change the world.

Dean Koontz

You can con God and get away with it, Granny said, if you do so with charm and wit. If you live your life with imagination and verve, God will play along just to see what outrageously entertaining thing you'll do next.

Daniel Handler

There is no worse sound in the world than someone who cannot play the violin but insists on doing so anyway.

Daniel Handler

It is always terrible to be told to go play with people one doesn’t know...

Dan Uggla

All the stuff about who's hitting behind you and who's hitting in front of you-it plays a little bit of a part. But you can't just base your approach off that because you'll end up getting beat in the end.

Dan Stevens

I do listen to a lot of music. Actually, I very often ask directors if they can offer up a play list. They very often have one anyway that they're listening to.

Cobi Jones

This is something that's very special; people saying they watch me play who are now turning professional.

Cobi Jones

The people I still talk to are some of the old Galaxy players all over the place. That's a bond that's pretty special.

Cobie Smulders

I’ve read a lot of scripts and I’m really luck to be able to play a woman who’s funny and can be charming and has a mischievous side to her as well. I’m really lucky.

Claire Forlani

I'd be quite excited to play somebody British.

Clara Mamet

I wrote two plays before I was cast on The Neighbors. They actually got published, which was cool.

Elizabeth Jagger

I've been asked to pose for Playboy.

Eli Wallach

Well, I was getting a lot of money then, and I wasn't getting any Hollywood films, so I just did those. I'd always do a play in between. Whenever I ran low on funds, I'd always rush off to do a movie somewhere