Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ronaldinho

Ashley Cole is a fantastic defender. I have seen him keep the best players in the world quiet.

Ronaldinho

The best players are always in the thick of the action. (Michael) Jordan did it with the Bulls, (Kobe) Bryant does it with the Lakers and Leo does it here. We want him to stay with us because he's the best and we wouldn't swap him for anyone.

Ron Atkinson

He's not only a good player, but he's spiteful in the nicest sense of the word.

Ron Atkinson

There's a little triangle - five left-footed players.

Roger Lloyd-Pack

The most starstruck I've been is when I met Sol Campbell when he was a Tottenham Hotspur player. I don't get starstruck by actors I work with, because you have some sort of relationship with them. Like, I worked with Tom Cruise [on Interview With The Vampire], so if I saw him again I'd speak to him as an actor. Although he might not be interested in talking to me...

Rick Derringer

I took the rhythm place, which a lot of people didn't know how to do the way I could, and this was really the first time that Johnny had a rhythm guitar player.

Rick Danko

I like a lot of bass players. I like a lot of tuba players too.

Rex Ryan

Jack Del Rio and myself are very similar except he's really good looking and was a great player. Other than that, we're very similar.

Rick Springfield

I'm surrounded by great guitar players.

Ozzie Smith

I think umpires have too much power, without any system of checks and balances and the more money a player makes, the more the umpire tries to show off that power to him. Unfortunately, since I signed my contract my strike zone has suddenly become a lot larger.

Ozzie Newsome

I have to constantly tell my personnel staff, 'Hey guys, we're still a good staff even though we're allowing good players to go play for other people,'

Paul McCartney

None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.

Paul McCartney

I do like Eddie Van Halen as a player. He gets it right quite often.

Patty Berg

The difference between ordinary players and champions is the way they think.

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.