Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lynn Swann

Players today are concerned about the money, but the large dollars only go to those players who are the best.

Gordon Taylor

I know so many players who say they wouldnt entertain coaching, until they retire that is, and then they want to take their coaching badges. I suspect this might happen with David Beckham.

Gordon Smith

In my day, the players used to work their socks off. It's all changed now, obviously.

Gordon Strachan

I like to be able to control which players I'm working with. Because it doesn't matter how good a coach you are if the guys you're working with think they already know it all. You need a response, you need to feel they're trying. I want players who are always striving to improve.

Gordon Strachan

Arsene Wenger was talking about comparisons with Johan Cruyff, a player who only comes around every 10 years and Thierry Henry is definitely one of those

Gordon Strachan

It wasn't an easy decision to leave out Bobo, because I could have done that with two or three from the back four. But there's a limit to the players you have and the changes you can make. The reality is we're not defending well enough. But we just have to plug on. There's no magic formula.

Gordon Strachan

Paul Scholes has been the best England midfield player for 30-odd years. You'd probably have to go back to Bobby Charlton to find someone who could do as much as Scholes. When the ball arrives at his feet he could tell you where every player on that pitch is at that moment. His awareness is superb.

Gordon Lightfoot

Of course I knew The Band's Canadian keyboard player, the late Richard Manuel, but I didn't play that night because I was there as a guest with my record executives. People ask, "why didn't you play?" If I had known I was going to be playing then I would have been prepared for it.

Gordon Ramsay

We are about creating a new wave of talent. We are the Manchester United of kitchens now. Am I playing full-time in the kitchen? I am a player-coach.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Poets do not go mad, but chess players do.

John Coleman

The key players are now all in place in Washington and in state governments across America to officially label carbon dioxide as a pollutant and enact laws that tax us citizens for our carbon footprints.

Luis Garcia

At the end of day, a player needs the confidence of the manager, the support of the fans and to enjoy the game.

Luis Suarez

My desire at Liverpool was to help get the club playing in the elite because they had been five years without it. We used to talk about it in the dressing room. If Liverpool are not in the Champions League, it is difficult to get the best players to come to the club.

Luis Suarez

Steven Gerrard is the best player I've ever played with.

Luis Suarez

I never told you this but I always thought the club should have recognised you far more when you retired. For the career that you had, one of Liverpool's greatest players, you should have had a much bigger and better send-off in your final match. That's just what I felt.

Pavel Nedved

You could say he is like a twelfth player for us on the pitch.

Matt Sharp

I'm kind of a one-note at a time, one finger keyboard player.

Matt Taibbi

Once you give an NFL player permission to have thoughts, you invite all kinds of mischief.

Meg Rosoff

Ask any comedian, tennis player, chef. Timing is everything.

Matthew Perry

I was a very good tennis player in Ottawa, Canada - nationally ranked when I was, like, 13. Then I moved to Los Angeles when I was 15, and everyone in L.A. just killed me. I was pretty great in Canada. Not so much in Los Angeles.

Marilyn vos Savant

The chess player who develops the ability to play two dozen boards at a time will benefit from learning to compress his or her analysis into less time.

Mats Sundin

At this level, you put a lot of pressure on yourself as a player to perform and do well.

Mats Sundin

To see my statue unveiled alongside Borje Salming, the player I grew up idolizing in Sweden, will be very special for both my family and me.

Mats Wilander

You can't be considered a great player unless you win Wimbledon. That's the way it is.

Mats Wilander

When you become a top player, you think that nothing else and nobody else matters. You can tell everybody on earth, 'Listen, I'm playing tennis, I don't have time for you. I'm in the semifinals of the U.S. Open, screw everybody and everything else.'

The dude's a special player. He's everything you'd want as a player and a teammate.

Lamar Hunt

The development of American players has been a big part (of MLS). Without a league, there's no inspiration or opportunity.

The development of American players has been a big part (of MLS), ... Without a league, there's no inspiration or opportunity.

Eddie George

I've established a company - The Edward George Wealth Management Group - which facilitates in helping players maintain their finances, and more importantly, maintain their lives during the duration of their careers and beyond.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Imagination does not breed insanity. Exactly what does breed insanity is reason. Poets do not go mad, but chess players do.

Holly Johnson

I think the main thing you have to remember when going into the post-season is to stay relaxed. All of the energy and excitement can be overwhelming but the thing I'll try to relay to the younger players is just stay calm and focused.

Katee Sackhoff

That's a terrifying prospect for myself, and I'm sure many other people, as well. We leave TVs on in our house. I listen to my record player, constantly, to just hear music. I'm really intrigued by the idea of solitude. I'm excited about that.

Justin Verlander

I think that a starting pitcher has to do something special to be as valuable or more so than a position player.