Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gary Burton

But if you listen to great piano players, both classical and jazz, theres a huge range of dynamics and colors and emotional expression thats possible with the instrument.

Gary Burton

I was surprised when I finally moved to Boston and the East Coast, to discover that there weren't that many vibraphone players around. And I was the only one playing with four mallets.

Garrett Atkins

You never know how your skills are going to play out at the next level. But I knew I had a lot of doubles and I was capable of driving the ball into gaps.

Garrett Atkins

I love Denver. There's not a better place to hit, better place to play. I'm a West Coast guy, so I like playing in the NL West.

Garrett Atkins

Every at-bat, I try to hit the ball. I don't like to strike out. I put the ball in play a lot, so I'll take the hits as they come.

Gareth Bale

I'm ambitious, I want to play in the Champions League, and that's the aim with Tottenham - to start qualifying for the Champions League on a consistent basis.

Fuzzy Zoeller

I'm not a great player, but I'm a damn good one.

Fuzzy Zoeller

A lot of amateurs are terrified of going up against a player who is clearly better than they are. They never play their best, because they aren't comfortable. There's one surefire way to get over that, and it's to ask yourself, 'What if I beat him?' Imagine the possibility.

Fuzzy Zoeller

Because you pray after you play.

Freddy Adu

I need more time to develop as a player and as a person.

Freddy Adu

If they asked me, I would have to say no. I made up my mind to play for the United States some day and I'm sticking to it. (on playing for Ghana)

Freddy Adu

A lot of players in Europe aren't as tall as the other guys, so they have to be stocky to physically compete.

Freddy Adu

It's frustrating at times when you think you've earned a chance to play on the field and you're over there sitting on the bench. That's not the kind of player I am. I'm the kind of player who wants to be out there on the field and needs to contribute every minute of every game.

Freddy Adu

It's not easy when you come in as the highest-paid player and you're 14.

Frederic Chopin

Yesterday's concert was a success. I hasten to let you know. I inform your Lordship that I was not a bit nervous and played as I play when I am alone. It went well... and I had to come back and bow four times.

Frederic Chopin

Put all your soul into it, play the way you feel!

The world is a play that would not be worth seeing if we knew the plot.

Christopher Eccleston

Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral.

Christine McVie

I still like to play the blues more than anything else.

Christina Ricci

To play someone who is who they are because of the happiness and contentedness that they've known in their life is interesting because of sort of how banal it is.

Christian McKay

Some actors play themselves, don't they?

Christian McKay

I am the only actor who ever had to lose weight to play Orson Welles.

Christian Marclay

If the music in a groove fits with what you're playing, then play it; if not, then you can play it backwards. If that doesn't work, you try it at a different speed. If it really doesn't work you just break it. The whole ritual to put a record on a turntable just to listen to it, I don't do that too often.

Chris Pronger

You have to close quickly, you have to eliminate time and space and you have to try to deny them the puck. When you're playing with it, it forces them out of their rhythm and forces them to play defense, which they obviously don't want to do.

Chris Rock

Here's what I knew about doing a play: I knew it would make me a better actor.

Chris Rock

Movies have takes. But plays are like life - you don't really get takes.

Chris Rock

Sometimes people offer you plays, they offer you parts, but they only offer it because I'm famous.

Chris Moneymaker

World Class players can lay down the toughest hands and play any two cards at any time without fear. Their reads are impeccable.

Chris Gayle

AB de Villiers reminds me of my young days, What a Player!

Chris Gayle

I can hit Shahid Afridi six sixes in an over but i know when he is going to hit 6 sixes in my over then the response of the crowd is something different. He is among top 5 dangerous players in current Cricket. I place my self at 6

Chris Gayle

Dravid Could play attacking cricket like me but i could never play like him

Gilbert Arenas

As a player leaving early, you always look back and wonder what could have been. But you have to be happy with your decisions, because you ultimately have to live with them.

Gilbert Gottfried

Well, I play Jews and parrots. Parrots are how I've branched out.