Famous Quotes & Sayings

Paul Tagliabue

The Players Association has on the table a demand which doesn't recognize the reality of our league's economics today. It's a very excessive and unrealistic demand.

Martina Navratilova

All top players are the same strokewise, but mentally I can improve and that's where it's at for top players.

Martina Navratilova

I know some of my self-worth comes from tennis, and it's hard to think of doing something else where you know you'll never be thebest. Tennis players are rare creatures: where else in the world can you know that you're the best? The definitiveness of it is the beauty of it, but it's not all there is to life and I'm ready to explore the alternatives.

Pinetop Perkins

I taught myself off records, Memphis Slim, them old piano players, then added to it. Yeah, hard and loud, beat it to pieces.

Philip Rivers

I've already developed trust in my teammates -as a player and as a person.

Pete Carroll

I would say that we have to explore and find ways to make our game a better game and take care of our players in whatever way possible. Regardless of what other stigmas might be involved, we have to do this because the world of medicine is doing this.

Pete Carroll

I'm telling you what I'm telling you. I will go wherever I have to go, listen to whoever I have to listen to. Whether it's a player or it's a coach. Whether it's a corporate leader, a political leader or it's the guy sitting on the corner. It doesn't matter to me; I'm on, I'll go wherever.

Pete Carroll

Troy Polamalu was a fascinating player, and that made him.

Phil Simms

I criticize a lot of players and coaches. But I back it up with facts. A lot of times guys get mad at me because someone told them what I said. I say, 'You're wrong: Go check the tape.

Phil Taylor

It's unbelievable to have come through a field of 64 of the best players I've seen for a long time.

Phil Mickelson

I try to respect everybody out here: players, caddies, fans, media.

Peter Marshall

Get off, you look ugly (to a blood splattered player during a game)

Quincy Jones

I chose the trombone because the trombone players in the marching band got to be up front with the majorettes (because of the slides) and I loved that!

Quentin Tarantino

I cannot get myself interested in video games. I've been given video game players and they just sit there connected to my TVs gathering dust until eventually I unplug them so I can put in another special-region DVD player.

Priest Holmes

I really like defensive players. I've never played defense so I often wonder how they think.

Priest Holmes

I hope this serves as a light for others who come into the league as undrafted players.

Mike Hankwitz

We are professionals. We are going to finish that way. In reality, how we conduct ourselves in this period and how well our players play will be as good an interview as you can do - better than anything you could say.

Mike Figgis

You make sure that there's a structure that's interesting for them to play on top of, then do temp versions and try it on the film. By the time the players come to the recording session, I've found what works. So I'm not wasting their time.

Mike Gordon

The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player.

Rick Nielsen

I'm in a band. I have the basic idea, but when you surround yourself with really good players, why would I tell anyone what to play, because they're that good. They don't tell me what to play. They might encourage me, so that's what I do. I encourage them.

Rick Nielsen

I'm a guitar player. Actually, I think of myself as a songwriter/rhythm-guitar player.

Richard Thompson

I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.

Viswanathan Anand

In 1996, the players at the VSB tournament in Amsterdam sent me a card for my wedding with this dedication, 'Anand congrats on your wedding. You were a great player, now be ready to lose 50 points'.

Viswanathan Anand

We want more women players to take up chess. There are few participants at the national level and hope it will grow.

Viswanathan Anand

Chess is like a language, the top players are very fluent at it. Talent can be developed scientifically but you have to find first what you are good at.

Viswanathan Anand

I don't know how many calories an average chess player burns per game, but it often exceeds that of a player in ball games. It is not only the chess as such: You need to be fit and undergo complicated preparation.

Viswanathan Anand

The broader the chess player you are, the easier it is to be competitive, and the same seems to be true of mathematics - if you can find links between different branches of mathematics, it can help you resolve problems. In both mathematics and chess, you study existing theory and use that to go forward.

Viswanathan Anand

Psychology plays a big part but I always say psychology will only be a differentiator when the players are of equal technical strength.

Viswanathan Anand

There is always the risk of being over-confident when you are preparing to face a weaker player.

Rogers Hornsby

Players who stand flat footed and swing with their arms are golfers, not hitters.

Rod Laver

There's a lot of ingredients go into being a good tennis player.

Robin Trower

Oddly enough, Hendrix is not my favorite guitar player. There are very few guitar players I get feeling from.

Robin Trower

I can't say I feel influenced by today's guitar players.