Player Quotes
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On a foggy, steel gray Saturday in September 2002, Bennet Omalu arrived at the Allegheny County coroner's office and got his assignment for the day: Perform an autopsy on the body of Mike Webster, a professional football player.
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I think as a veteran player, in general, you should feel that sense of responsibility to try to lead these guys to becoming good pros. You want the league to be in good hands, and you want these guys to become great NFL players and then pass it along to the next generation. You can only lead by example, and that's pretty much what I'm trying to do.
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Sometimes fans, sometimes even players, they don't know the game sometimes, and they look at numbers, or they use smoke-and-mirrors as far as who's a top 15 player, who's a top 20 player.
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Players and painted stage took all my love, And not those things that they were emblems of.
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We were always skating on thin ice, Shaking the wrong dice, Swimming against the tide, Playing on the wrong side, Yes you were the player, and you were so cool, I was the greenhorn, King of the fools, Painting the picture, to fit with the frame, Chan.
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I don't know how many calories an average chess player burns per game, but it often exceeds that of a player in ball games. It is not only the chess as such: You need to be fit and undergo complicated preparation.
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As tennis players, you are never satisfied. We are greedy as players, always want better results.
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Sachin is the greatest player I have seen. I consider it an honour to have rubbed shoulders with him...
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I know sometimes I need to be more like M.J., but M.J. also needs to be more like me. He needs to be the player he is with more my mentality.
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The captain was a good chess player, and the games were always interesting. Yossarian had stopped playing chess with him because the games were so interesting they were foolish.
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I think, when you reach the top level, it is less about the money itself; it is important only because the level of earning shows the importance of the player or the manager. I don't think people want to have the money just to spend it. It is a reflection of your importance in football.
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I never gave up as a player, and I won't give up as someone who wants to go to the Hall of Fame, because it's the ultimate goal for a baseball player or a football player or a basketball player.
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With or without the title, Bobby Fischer was unquestionably the greatest player of his time...
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What I need as a player is just to get at-bats, I think.
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He's been a good player in this league for a long period of time and I've always enjoyed watching him play. For me, I didn't know what was going to happen. Obviously, things were going on and he didn't feel like he wanted to be here. I didn't pay much attention to it.
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Lots of the bands in New Orleans couldn't read too much music. So they used a fiddle to play the lead - a fiddle player could read - and that was to give them some protection.
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The sign of a great player is how much he elevates his colleagues' performance.
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I'm a chilled-out player, if that's the best way to describe me.
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Playing in a competition like the Champions League is important for a player; it makes you feel much more of a professional in this sport.
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I didn't notice any difference in particular. He's a great player with a great career ahead of him. He showed up today and had a great game.
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The blues scale was the first thing I learned. It's just a pentatonic scale with a flat seventh and a few notes that sound cool when you bend them. And because people have amalgamated the blues into this rock-blues scale, if you're using it, you better sound like a real authentic blues player.
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If you're a skilled player, you want to use your skill, not just hit the puck.
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I've been blessed with some luck, great ability and athleticism. That's really what's made me a great player, but I think the reason I've been able to last this long is the little things like taking care of my body.
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Genius is a starry word; but if there ever was a chess player to whom that attribute applied, it was Paul Morphy.
