Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sonny Terry

So I went out and bought Hard Again by Muddy Waters. That was a big learning curve. I listened to that album again and again and again. James Cotton was the harmonica player on that album.

Steve Kerr

I'm just thrilled for so many people. Our players, mostly, but the people in our organization - Rick Welts, Joe Lacob and Peter Guber and the whole group. It's just a phenomenal group of people. I think as a coach you just appreciate kind of the big picture a little bit more.

Steve Irwin

And that unusual squawking sound is actually the mating call of the the rare...oh, it's just an oboe player.

Steve Jobs

When you're in a start-up, the first ten people will determine whether the company succeeds or not. Each is 10 percent of the company. So why wouldn't you take as much time as necessary to find all the A players? If three were not so great, why would you want a company where 30 percent of your people are not so great? A small company depends on great people much more than a big company does.

Steve Jobs

A-plus players like to work together and they don't like it if you tolerate B work

Stephen Potter

In our small chess community in Marylebone it would be mock modesty on my part to deny that I have built up for myself a considerable name without ever actually having won a single game. Even the best players are sometimes beaten, and that is precisely what happens to me.

Ruud Gullit

If a player is racially insulted, he should have the right to leave the field.

Ruud Gullit

When I played, I received racial abuse but I was just one of a few black players and we weren't backed up by the authorities.

Ruud Gullit

I like stubborn players. At least they have an opinion. If they are right or wrong, this doesn't matter for me.

Ron Jaworski

The challenge coaches face is replacing players they were counting on to be major pieces of a puzzle. In a lot of cases, there is just no way to make the necessary adjustments.

Roger Milla

You can be a top, top player for 10, 20 years, then you become a coach, lose two or three games and you're out.

Roger Maris

I feel that I was a good all-around player, I had good speed, a good arm and could play the outfield.

Wayne Gretzky

I'm very proud of our NHL players. I think they all handle themselves extremely well and they all work really hard.

Wayne Gretzky

If I had to pick three players to start a franchise, I'd choose Hasek, Peter Forsberg and Eric Lindros.

Wayne Gretzky

When emotions are high, things are said, things are done. Ultimately, these players want to play. I know too many of them love the game too much.

Wayne Gretzky

Good players skate to the puck. Great players skate to where the puck is going to be.

Wayne Gretzky

Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.

Tony Wilson

I'm a minor player in my own life story.

Tony Parker

I still have a lot of room for improvement. I need to become a more skilled player.

Tony Parker

In France, if you talk to little boys, they know all of the NBA players and not one single Pro A player.

Urban Meyer

What makes LSU is the environment and the fans and those guys wearing the jerseys. They're really good players.

Urban Meyer

But what I didnt want to have happen, and I made this clear to Jeremy (Florida AD), if I am able to go coach, I want to coach at one place, the University of Florida. It would be a travesty, it would be ridiculous to all of a sudden come back and get the feeling back, get the health back, feel good again and then all of a sudden go throw some other colors on my shirt and go coach? I dont want to do that. I have too much love for this University and these players and for what weve built.

William Golding

Ralph... would treat the day's decisions as though he were playing chess. The only trouble was that he would never be a very good chess player.

Wayne Brady

I want the single player experience.

Xavi

The way I see it, Messi is the best player in history. He is the one who changes the course of games; he's the best. There is no comparison in my view; he's the world number one and by a margin.

Xavi

I would loved to have played with Scholes. He plays the game the way it should be played and at his peak he was the best midfield player in the world.

Xavi

Iniesta is easily Spain's most complete player. He has everything.

Xavi

In futsal, you see whether a player is really talented. You notice the small details in quality, class and tactical understanding.

Wynton Marsalis

It's really not a stretch. The checks and balances are the same. The drums are the executive branch. The jazz orchestra is the legislative branch. Logic and reason are like jazz solos. The bass player is the judicial branch. One our greatest ever is Milt Hinton, and his nickname is "The Judge."

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

I can play in the 11 positions because a good player can play anywhere on the pitch.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

That's how it is with the English: if you score against them you're a good player; if you don't, you're not.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

I don't need the Ballon d'Or to know I'm the best. It matters more to some players

Zinedine Zidane

Zidane is one of the greatest players in history, a truly magnificent player.