Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joe Maddon

We're not going to back off just because we're playing games.

We had some jitters in the first half. But once we settled down we started playing our basketball.

We had some individuals who did some things, but as a team I didn't feel like we played very well,

Those are just not winning plays, and you've got to make those plays down the stretch.

Those are difference-makers. Those are plays we need to finish.

Tomorrow they are going to be sore. Then Saturday are we going to come up lame? Better not, because you are going to be sore playing that position.

To me, this had all the ingredients of a playoff game.

To me, the season starts when we play Hidalgo. You want to win 'em all, but we've played three tough games, and I think we're getting better.

We're at the end of the season now, so we're going to regroup with the players we have.

We're a totally different team than we were when we played them first. We're just a lot smarter.

Cynthia Ozick

I was so mad at my agent. I had polished and polished and polished [the play], and he referred to it as a draft. I wrote him a bitter letter: How can you call this a draft? I don't do drafts! By now I've done 18, and its turning, in the rehearsal room, into a 19th.

Compay Segundo

The music that I play and that I like is traditional music, maybe it's because of my age.

Daphne Zuniga

To play a bag woman is brave for any woman.

Daniela Hantuchova

I started when I was six years old. My first coach was my granny, she was the best player in Slovakia.

Danielle Steel

I work too hard and don't play enough.

Daniel Negreanu

The thing that can get confusing is you think, is this guy really a good player or does he just seem that way based on the way that they are playing. That takes longer to figure out, if they really are a good player or they just seem like one [bad].

Daniel Negreanu

If I haven't played with a player before and I don't know anything about them, the more they tell me about themselves, the better I will be able to judge how they think and how they play.

Daniel Negreanu

Too many players focus on physical tells. For both online and live games, you should be focusing more on betting patterns and histories. The ability to figure out your opponent's hand based on his betting pattern is a crucial skill.

Daniel Negreanu

The majority of players are looking for reasons to fold. I am looking for reasons to play.

Dan Marino

I just try to be myself, whatever that is. I don't think about how I'll be remembered. I just want to be consistent over a long period of time. That's what the great players do.

Cornel West

Homophobia is very, very difficult to root out, to extricate. That's why we have to bear witness. That's why we have to be so public about it, and that's why we can't just play footsie with it.

Common

Yeah, we try to get the best musicians possible, and Justin [Robinson] is a great musician, man, a great player. You must have been surprised to see him out there, then.

Common

I appreciate this moment in time...ball players and actors be knowing my rhymes

Cliff Lee

I got to play with some of the best players in the game, from Victor Martinez and Travis Hafner and Grady Sizemore in Cleveland, to here with Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Cole Hamels. Obviously, to Seattle with Ichiro and Felix Hernandez, and then to Texas with Josh Hamilton, Ian Kinsler, Mike Young. It was a great experience. Without being traded I never could have gotten to do any of that.?

Dwight Yorke

When you look back you talk about legends of the game, he's certainly up there. Twenty trophies since 1994. He just seems to get better and better. I've had the honour of playing alongside him. The four years I've played alongside him, he is the best player, one of the first names on the manager's teamsheet. He is just a complete legend. There are not enough players like Paul Scholes around any more for my liking. 'Legend' is over-used but this guy is right up there with the very best.

Dwight Howard

I'm trying to earn everything given to me. I play hard and I want guys to remember that when they play the Magic they have to face Dwight Howard. And when you face him you have to get after it.

Dwight Howard

I want to be the greatest player ever in my era.

Dwyane Wade

I understand being the villain is what people like. People play to that. They want to know about the villain.

Dwyane Wade

You play a certain way for so long, and change is good. So I look forward to change, and I look forward to playing with the proper talent that we were able to put together.

Dwyane Wade

Players are ready to play, We're not on strike. It's a lockout.

Dwyane Wade

Everybody was calling. I think everybody called every player in the league. Thats history right there.

Dwyane Wade

I took it upon myself to be more aggressive. I wanted the ball. Coach gave me the ball and I just tried to attack (and) make plays, just take it to the rim and see what happens.

Dwyane Wade

Well, it used to be Kobe Bryant...the second best all time...now, I have a new favorite player to play against...my former teammate, LeBron James.