Player Quotes
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I turned my thoughts to a still more novel mode... to compose pictures on canvas similar to representations on the stage... my picture is my stage, and men and women my players exhibited in a 'dumb' show.
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Coaching doesn’t start with X’s and O’s. It starts with believing that players win games and coaches win players.
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Spare me the articles about how nice Shawcross is because that was a horrendous tackle. People say we don't fancy the physical side of it, but this is the result. If you see a player getting injured like that, it's not acceptable.
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Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the big leagues.
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At Texas, I was a football player playing baseball. And the way I play I think I still am.
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Well my dad was a pretty good player at one stage and my two older brothers played golf as well. So there were always golf clubs flying around the house.
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Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
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I thought as the game went on, our ball movement and player movement got better.
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Once you prove yourself, that you're a utility player, they're going to contact you and say, hey, yeah, we need you for a film next Thursday at Fox or Sony or whatever. You kind of get a reputation.
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When I look for what I'm going to listen to I go backwards. I'm always going the other way you see. Most people are trying to figure out 'how do I get in the fast lane going that way?'. I'm going in the other direction. I wanna find the oldest thing to do.
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The way to be successful is through preparation. It doesn't just happen. You don't wake up one day and discover you're a lawyer any more than you wake up as a pro football player. It takes time.
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Messi is the best player in the history of football, and that’s why I prefer Barça over Real Madrid.
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I just hope he doesn't frighten the players 'cos they're frigtened enough right now.
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I loved coming up with players in scoring position and I had to drive them in.
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Every decision you've made will impact how things go. The player's also the architect of what happens.
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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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Messi is the great player of this generation, like there were great players in other generations.
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There's Pele the man, and then Pele the player. And to play like Pele is to play like God.
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I must take the best decision for the club, not for a single player.
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Unless a player has an 'understanding chess' rating of at least 2400, the amount of significant knowledge that he can impart on others is limited.
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I think it's important to cross train. Surfing is a good cross training sport for your shoulders. I don't think I know of any other football player who does it, who can go and paddle out past the sets.
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I don't really have a favorite bass player. I listen to a lot of bluegrass. But then again, I'm not a typical bluegrass bass player. I was really into the Grateful Dead, and I still am - I don't listen to them too much, but for me they are a big influence.
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A complacent player is a lazy player, and a lazy player is a loser.
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My whole family likes to play basketball. George II plays for his high school team and George III and George IV and George V are going to be good players. One day we're going to have a team and call it Georgetown.
