Player Quotes
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Not everything you're going to do in volleyball - or in life, for that matter - is exciting or fully functional, but if you have the willpower to make each minute count, you'll benefit in some way. And it will make you a better player and a better person in the long run.
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Sitting there clapping and smiling... it's difficult. You're like, 'Don't worry about it, you just double faulted, you just played a really dumb point. Keep positive.' Then more clapping. That would annoy me as a player.
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I long for the days when athletes were revered. I want to see the romance return to sports, to see people enjoy the game purely for the game and the players.
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Every player would love to get to the absolute top, and Real Madrid is it.
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So, yeah, I'm going to try to win the national championship next year. But I'm not going to kill myself doing it. I'm not going to kill my players either. You really start to realize there's a lot more to what we're trying to do then winning games
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Coaching is one thing and one thing only: It is creating an environment so the player has an opportunity to be successful. That is your job as a coach. When you teach him to do that, get out of his way.
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To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players.
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It's just a natural progression. You're a player, then you're a coach, then you're general manager for the team, and then the next logical step for me and you would be [to become] team owner.
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First and foremost I am a teacher, I care. Caring is helping the players to develop
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As tennis players, you are never satisfied. We are greedy as players, always want better results.
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I do not hold that because the author did a bad job of writing the player need trump it with the same kind of acting. When I go into a picture I have only one character to look after. If the author didn't do him justice, I try to add whatever the creator of the part overlooked.
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Matt Williams the coach said that he saw my role as coming off the bench as an impact player but obviously I see myself as more than just that.
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We all knew that asking another guitar player to step into Duane Allman's shoes would not really be fair to anybody who had a conscience.
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I always wanted to be a major-league baseball player.
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Nobody seems to appreciate what an incredible player Wilt was," Russell said at 1997 All-Star Game when the league named and honored its 50 greatest players. "He was the best player of all time because he dominated the floor like nobody else ever could. To be that big and that athletic was special.
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I consider the Detroit Red Wings one of the greatest franchises in any sport. For a player to come in and play, it's so special to wear the jersey.
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In a way players at the top should try to promote the game in their own countries as that is the legacy that makes you feel proud. If you have not done that you have failed as a sportsperson.
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I can be one of the dominant players, maybe the dominant player, in the East.
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I developed a term that is used in the game right now called sacking a quarterback. Sacking a quarterback is just like you devastate a city or you cream a multitude of people. I mean it’s just like you put all the offensive players in one bag and I just take a baseball bat and beat on the bag.
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There is a double-standard between men and women. My father was a major league baseball player, and I grew up thinking I could have the same attitude on the field that he did. When I did that in real life, people thought I was a total bi-atch.
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Leo Messi is a spectacular player, there is nobody else like him. I should not because I have suffered so much in training. I think he is the best forward at the moment and I think he will be so for many more years. He has his feet on the ground.
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The player wanted to come to us and we are very pleased to welcome him.
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I'm delighted we have signed Julien. He has a wealth of experience which is something we need to aid the aspirations of the club. He will undoubtedly strengthen the squad. The French market is very well known to me and I have followed the player for a period of time.
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Many people say I'm the best women's soccer player in the world. I don't think so. And because of that, someday I just might be.
