Monford Merrill "Monte" Irvin (Monte Irvin) Quotes

I played with Willie Mays and against Hank Aaron. They were tremendous players, but they were no Josh Gibson.

Monford Merrill "Monte" Irvin

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• Obviously, we're very happy to have Tony with us for the foreseeable future, ... Along with Home Depot, he's been an important part of our organization for a number of years, and we're thankful that's going to continue.

  

  Joe Gibbs
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  • Home
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• Pass protection didn't look good, and we looked sluggish. Anytime you don't do well it's a concern, but it is the first time out and we had a lot of people in there.

  

  Joe Gibbs
  • People
  • Time
  • Good

• Our heart goes out to everybody down there, ... They've got to do whatever they've got to do. We're all praying for everybody down there. There's been a number of our players affected by it, and you just hope that somehow such a tragedy somehow we'll get that all squared away as quick as we can. So I would say whatever they've got to do, the Saints . . . I just feel bad for them.

  

  Joe Gibbs
  • Heart
  • Bad
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• I'm just happy for him that he is playing well, ... A lot of times up here you go through tough things. At any one time in the NFL, you're going to have a number of players on a team who are going through tough situations. A lot of times the way they handle it is a measure of someone's character. I think that was Mark's situation last year and Patrick's situation now. The way you go through the tough times leads you to improvement and great performance in the future. It's a test of character when you go through that.

  

  Joe Gibbs
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• I would never have thought that would happen, ... Remember, when I signed with the Giants in 1955, it was only eight years since Jackie Robinson. But when I talk to Latino players today, a lot of them don't even realize how hard it was for us then.

  

  Orlando Cepeda
  • Remember
  • Today
  • Players

• They were trying to help the players adjust with a word of warning,

  

  Pat Quinn
  • Trying
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• If we don't have Willie it's going to hurt us. But we have so many guys ready to step up.

  

  Allen Iverson
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  • Guys

• It's all about developing an atmosphere where players want to support and help each other. You want a nurturing place where they feel they can make mistakes, ... Philadelphia's got one of the great passers for a big man in Webber. And one of the great players as far as scoring guards in Allen. Certainly, that should give them some momentum to work with as they go through the year.

  

  Phil Jackson
  • Work
  • Great
  • Help

• I think all our players were encouraged by the effort, and thought we had the right idea. Our execution came up a little bit short.

  

  Phil Jackson
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  • Idea

• I can say that hands down from being in this business 32 years; we're going to be much better than we were last year just because there's eight new players that now have experience and Palacios will be healthy.

  

  Rick Pitino
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• At that time two opposing concepts of the Game called forth commentary and discussion. The foremost players distinguished two principal types of Game, the formal and the psychological.

  

  Hermann Hesse
  • Game
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  • Discussion

• I dont like to waste notes, not even one. I like to put the right note in the right place, and my influences have always been those kinds of players. Keith Richards comes to mind, and I really like Nils Lofgrens soloing, because hes so melodic. I love John Lennons rhythm playing, and George Harrison was an incredible guitarist.

  

  Johnny Marr Pretenders
  • Players
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• What I'm trying to do is use my body. That way, as I back him down, I can kick it out to other players.

  

  Baron Davis
  • Body
  • Use
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• The Hamsters really kick ass - Slim is one of your greatest guitar players

  

  Walter Trout
  • Guitar
  • Players

• “I had to lift players' expectations. They should never give in. I said that to them all the time: "If you give in once, you'll give in twice.”

  

  Alex Ferguson
  • Expectations
  • Players
  • Give in

• A lot of times, guys are just out there playing and they'll just go and get you. I don't really think they're thinking about the helmet-to-helmet contact. You'll probably see a lot of players more hesitant before they make their hits.

  

  Andre Johnson
  • Players
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  • Hesitant

• I think that if a player wants to be at the very top, he needs to win the Champions League and league titles. That's what makes the great players truly great.

  

  Alexis Sanchez
  • Great
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  • Titles

• Who am I being that my players' eyes are not shining?

  

  Benjamin Zander
  • Players
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• It will have to be a universal movement, and that will never be... because the big-league game, as it is now, is overrun with Southern blood. These fellows would have to stop at the same hotels, eat in the same dining rooms, and sleep in the same train compartments with the colored players. There'd be trouble for sure.

  

  Jud Wilson
  • Movement
  • Players
  • Colored

• We weren't really making a lot of shots. They weren't really making a lot of shots. I can imagine how it was for the fans, but for us to be the team that was on top, it was a great night for us.

  

  Eddy Curry
  • Team
  • Imagine
  • Fans

• I still think we have a good chance, ... I still feel that we're the odds-on favorite to be the team of destiny.

  

  Phil Jackson
  • Good
  • Team
  • Chance

• Always wanted to be an actress or work with animals and now I get to do both.

  

  Julia Barr
  • Wanted
  • Animals
  • Actress

• To sleep with a woman: it can seem of the utmost importance in your mind, or then again it can seem like nothing much at all. Which only goes to say that there's sex as therapy self-therapy, that is and there's sex as pastime.

  

  Haruki Murakami
  • Women
  • Mind
  • Sleep

• I played with Willie Mays and against Hank Aaron. They were tremendous players, but they were no Josh Gibson.

  

  Monford Merrill "Monte" Irvin
  • Players
  • Tremendous
  • Willie