Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jonny Lang

I think you have to know exactly what you want. Whether you want to be a guitar player or a musician, you have to be really focused on it if you really want to do it.

Khalil Greene

I'm definitely looking to put together a full season. I know what I'm capable of doing. I want to be the kind of player my teammates can depend on.

Keyshawn Johnson

I know talent when I see it. I know frauds when I see em. I know players that can play and cant play.

Louis Armstrong

Musicians in my day had nicknames. My name was "Satchel Mouth," like a doctor's satchel. When I went to England this fellow was strictly English, and he was editor of the newspaper there. He shook my hand after I got off the train and said, "Hello, Satchmo." So right away my trombone player said, "Mmm, the man thinks you have mo' mouth than Satchel Mouth." So I was stuck with it, and it turned out all right.

Lou Holtz

All an agent is going to do is buy things for a player, damage his eligibility, and make the player dependent on them.

Lou Holtz

I'd say handling people is the most important thing you can do as a coach. I've found every time I've gotten into trouble with a player, it's because I wasn't talking to him enough.

Magnus Carlsen

It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.

Magnus Carlsen

My former coach, Simen Agdestein, used to be the best player in Norway.

Gavin DeGraw

I think it's important as a player every now and again to play something that's influenced you as an artist just to expose the people to it.

Gavin DeGraw

You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal.

Frank Lampard

There's a few ugly ones. Carlo is probably the best looking [on chelsea players]

Frank Lampard

Eden Hazard is a great player. He has magic

Frank Lampard

Footballers do get a hard time, and there is a lot of generalization going on. When you get to meet players and know them as lads, it's always a bit different.

Frank Lampard

I am certainly not the most talented player in the world; there's many a more talented player than me.

Frank Lampard

I have never seen a player as driven and determined as me, quietly determined; that's why I always want to do the best.

Frank Lampard

Henry is a great man, I really like him. He is a great professional and I think he will be a great captain for them. He's been the outstanding player in the Premiership for the last three or four years

Frank Lampard

When you look at the caliber of players in the England squad and their ability, why should we go into the tournament fearing anyone?

Frank Lampard

I think every player enjoys praise and I have to work extremely hard on the training ground to bring my game together.

Frank Lampard

In a way, I've thrived on the competition, perhaps it has made a better player because of it.

Frank Lampard

If players are performing for you, their age shouldn't really matter, especially because the older players can bring their experience to the table.

Frank Lampard

Of course it is going to be difficult for any player to get in the Chelsea side no matter who they are.

Frank Lampard

I admit I was somewhat concerned when we started to sign so many players - naturally you are going to worry about whether you can retain your place in the side.

Orhan Pamuk

The image that I remember most of all is of the Fenerbahçe players storming into the stadium before kickoff. They were called the canaries because of their yellow jerseys. It was as if they, like canaries, were fluttering into the stadium out of a hole. I loved it. It was poetry.

Nuno Bettencourt

If you play music for no other reason than actually just because you love it, the skills just kinda creep up on you.

Novak Djokovic

This time last year I would have said Federer would beat Sampras's record. Now I'm not so sure. His aura has gone. He's not as dominant as he was, and since I beat him in Australia he's looked frustrated. Players are beginning to challenge him now, especially myself and Rafa. He's got 12 Grand Slams to his name and maybe he will beat Sampras, but now I'm here it will be tough for him.

Novak Djokovic

I like my groundstrokes, I can say. I like it. That's my game - I'm a groundstroke player and I play pretty aggressive.

Novak Djokovic

Coaches are very important to players. They're people that are mentors, people that are advising them, people that should be their friends and somebody you can rely on on the tour.

Novak Djokovic

I don't like to compare years, honestly. I think every year is a different experience, a different challenge. You grow. You evolve as a person and as a player.

Novak Djokovic

I am the greatest tennis player. The other players are like coins in my pocket that I give to a homeless man.

Henrik Larsson

Cristiano is unlucky to be playing in the same era as Messi. Ronaldo is a very good player, but Messi is even better.

Herschel Walker

I was determined to make Renaissance Man Food Services and Herschel's Famous 34 major players in a very tough industry.

Hayden Fry

We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else.

Hayden Fry

How can a coach have any influence over a player that's making over five times more than he is?