Quotes about player
player color league
What I found fascinating was just how quickly the best of the young Negro League players were drafted into the major leagues once Branch Rickey broke the color line by hiring Jackie Robinson. It was clear that all of the major league owners already knew the talents of the black ballplayers that they had refused to let into their league. Walter Dean Myers
player giving today
I don't blame the players today for the money. I blame the owners. They started it. They wanna give it to 'em? More power to 'em. Yogi Berra
player position
I loved coming up with players in scoring position and I had to drive them in. Willie McCovey
player detroit fans
Thanks to all the fans from Detroit and Philly who are recognizing what type of player I am, and I hope they keep supporting the Sixers. Willie Green
player fire long
The players fire the coach, and as long as I'm on the same wavelength with them, I can coach as long as I want to. Woody Hayes
player piano-music piano-playing
I see the player piano as the grandfather of the computer, the ancestor of the entire nightmare we live in, the birth of the binary world where there is no option other than yes or no and where there is no refuge. William Gaddis
player people relax
People have to understand how important it is for the players to let off steam, switch off and relax. Will Carling
player umpires lines
The way we have been playing, I might tell my players not to cross the picket line (umpire strike of 1979). Whitey Herzog
player personality coaching
For me coaching was all about being involved, and taking the best qualities from the coaches I had as a player and moulding them into my own personality. Warren Gatland
player games two
Whereas a good player might do something really good in a game, a great player might do something two or three times in a row. That's what great players do, but they also work incredibly hard off the field in terms of the extra effort they've put into making sure their own performance gets better. Warren Gatland
player challenges want
As a coach, I want players to challenge me, to question me and ask why we're doing a certain thing, so they feel that they're taking ownership. Warren Gatland
player numbers league
I was always geared towards either wanting to finish number one or be number one as far as the best player that I could be, or be the best player at my position in the league. I wanted that to be a constant reminder to my teammates that they looked to their leader who is wearing that number, this is what you should strive for as well. Warren Moon
player order people
I need to go someplace faraway that doesn't have telephones and doesn't have a record player and doesn't have movie theaters and people walking down the street in order to not do anything. Will Oldham
player jazz ifs
If a jazz player is really playing, the classical player will have to respect him. Wes Montgomery
player thinking order
If it happens that I score 50 goals, it'll be awesome. Any player in the league would like 50. But I don't keep thinking every day that I have to score in order to reach 50 goals . Zach Parise
player perfect strange
Yet how strange a thing is the beauty of music! The brief beauty that the player brings into being transforms a given period of time into pure continuance; it is certain never to be repeated; like the existence of dayflies and other such short-lived creatures, beauty is a perfect abstraction and creation of life itself. Nothing is so similar to life as music. Yukio Mishima
player guitar doubt
Without a doubt, Eddie Van Halen is the greatest guitar player who has ever lived. Zakk Wylde
player radio being-played
Life isn’t a music player where you choose whats being played, it is a radio where you have to enjoy whats being played. Zayn Malik
player russia social-network
Russia is one of the places where significant presence of social networks are driven by domestic players right now. Yuri Milner
player garden dvds
If we're going to solve the problems in North Korea, the first thing we're going to have to do is start helping them get basic amenities like electricity, televisions, and DVD players over there. Otherwise, how can they watch 'Garden State'? Zach Braff
player voice lakes
I like what Oliver Lakes does on the saxophone. The saxophone comes pretty close to the sound of the human voice and when Oliver plays with other sax players, it's like a dialogue. Yusef Komunyakaa
player envy poet
The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet. William Hazlitt
player greatness men
A great chess-player is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it. No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness. This will apply to all displays of power or trials of skill, which are confined to the momentary, individual effort, and construct no permanent image or trophy of themselves without them William Hazlitt
player views games
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
player games way
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
player spain iniesta
Iniesta is easily Spain's most complete player. He has everything. Xavi
player class understanding
In futsal, you see whether a player is really talented. You notice the small details in quality, class and tactical understanding. Xavi
player judging balance
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." Wynton Marsalis
player play position
I can play in the 11 positions because a good player can play anywhere on the pitch. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
player score ifs
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
player matter needs
I don't need the Ballon d'Or to know I'm the best. It matters more to some players Zlatan Ibrahimovic
player zidane magnificent
Zidane is one of the greatest players in history, a truly magnificent player. Zinedine Zidane
player class doubt
It's only natural to want to select your best players and there is no doubt for me that Paul Scholes is still in a class of his own. He's almost untouchable in what he does. I never tire of watching him play. Zinedine Zidane