Steve Waugh (Stephen Rodger Waugh) Quotes

There is no shame being beaten by such a great player, Sachin is perhaps only next to the Don

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• The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • World
  • Books
  • Shame

• I'm not trying to be the next Dave Grohl or Phil Collins.

  

  Taylor Hawkins Foo Fighters
  • Trying
  • Next
  • Dave

• Success is about honour, feeling morally calibrated, absence of shame, not what some newspaper defines from an external metric.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Success
  • Feeling
  • Shame

• Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your head.

  

  Magnus Carlsen
  • Time
  • Thinking
  • Game

• Shame on me if I don't try to do more with what I have. It would be... a terrible thing to waste this opportunity to try to make a difference.

  

  Xavier Becerra
  • Opportunity
  • Me
  • Difference

• I think some people have a rare ability to focus. As a player, Earl Thomas has it. When he was at practice or in a game, he was always on; he was right there.

  

  Dan Quinn
  • People
  • Game
  • Focus

• The violence associated with the A.N.C. is minimal, infinitesimal next to the violence of the apartheid regime.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • Violence
  • Next
  • Apartheid

• I'm proud of the fact that besides being known as a successful former football player, I've also worked hard to establish myself as a successful businessman, network broadcaster, sports & entertainment executive and philanthropist.

  

  Warren Moon
  • Proud
  • Myself
  • Football

• Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.

  

  Vince Lombardi
  • Black
  • Player
  • Win

• Listen, everything I have in my life is because of the NHL and because of hockey, and I love the game and I loved every minute of being a player, I loved coaching, I loved being involved in the NHL.

  

  Wayne Gretzky
  • Life
  • Love
  • Game

• I don't really have a 'favorite' person to play with. I like to play with the player that is playing the best, but it doesn't always work out that way.

  

  Paula Creamer
  • Work
  • Player

• When I wrote 'Marvin Gaye,' my whole intention was to make a record that people would put on a record player... and just instantly make out with each other.

  

  Charlie Puth
  • People
  • Player

• To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano.

  

  James Whistler
  • May
  • She
  • Nature

• I haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been in it, that can't be pitched to... Barry is an outstanding ballplayer. I respect him an awful lot. I also have confidence in my pitchers that they can pitch to Barry Bonds and get him out.

  

  Frank Robinson
  • Long
  • Game
  • Respect

• Magic Johnson, former basketball player, may run for mayor of L.A. in the next election. Remember the good 'ol days when only qualified people ran for office like actors and professional wrestlers.

  

  Jay Leno
  • People
  • Good
  • May

• We wanted to create an environment where if a game player enjoyed the 'writing style' of a particular game designer, he or she could look for the next game by that same author and not be disappointed.

  

  David Crane
  • Writing
  • She
  • Game

• I used to play golf. I wanted to be a better player, but after a while, I realized I'd always stink. And that's when I really started to enjoy the game.

  

  Don Rickles
  • Game
  • Player
  • Golf

• I don't know anything else but the Lakers. This has certainly been more than a job for me as a player. It has certainly meant more to me than just an occupation.

  

  Jerry West
  • Job
  • Player

• I don't like it when a player says, 'I like freedom; I want to play for myself.' Because the player has to understand he is part of a team with 10 other players. If everyone wants to be a jazz musician, it will be chaos. They will not be a team, and nothing will be possible.

  

  Pep Guardiola
  • Freedom
  • Team
  • Player

• I could be a model for one night. But I'm also a professional soccer player, and I like to be taken seriously on the field.

  

  Alex Morgan
  • Night
  • Taken
  • Player

• I'm not a religious person, and I'm not too interested in being a part of a religion, but I do like having some sort of communal gathering, and having some sense of peoples.

  

  Ian MacKaye
  • Like
  • Religious
  • Religion

• When there is an influenza threat, drop everything and focus on risks from influenza pandemics. When SARS spreads, focus on unknown respiratory diseases. This approach helps to quell public concern, but it's a hugely inefficient way to deal with future risks.

  

  Nathan Wolfe
  • Future
  • Focus
  • Unknown

• All my friends were off on gap years, so going to New York alone, at the age of 18, was kind of my flying the nest. It was an amazing experience.

  

  Bel Powley
  • Experience
  • Friends
  • Age

• There is no shame being beaten by such a great player, Sachin is perhaps only next to the Don

  

  Steve Waugh
  • Player
  • Next
  • Shame