Player Quotes
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I just want to be remembered as a fantastic player who gave everything for the team and enjoyed every bit of it.
Virgil van Dijk
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He is going his own way. He is not a team player.
Eric Heiden
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In Sweden, if a player has the ball, and you're running across the line of vision, you would never call for the ball. In the United States, if you're open, you're screaming.
Christen Press
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Lampard's not the first player to run to the crowd with lips over his mouth.
Adrian Chiles
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Growing up, I actually wanted to be a professional Baseball player, instead of a radio DJ. Believe it or not.
Casey Kasem
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Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.
Joe Torre
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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.
Katie Uhlaender
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When I saw Burke come in, I definitely felt like things were about to turn around for me a little bit. I'm sure he's a great player and everything but I think the refs let Kurt Thomas get away with a little more than Burke can.
Eddy Curry
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We should praise, rather, the courage of the player who, relying only on his intuition, plunges into a brilliant combination of which the issue does not appear to him too clear.
Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
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A complacent player is a lazy player, and a lazy player is a loser.
Darryl Sutter
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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.
Troy Polamalu
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Steinitz was a thinker worthy of a seat in the halls of a university. A player, as the world believed he was, he was not; his studious temperament made that impossible; and thus he was conquered by a player and in the end little valued by the world, he died.
Emanuel Lasker
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All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.
Mose Allison
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At times like that it's difficult to remember what's at stake, that history is in the making. As a player you feel so cut off sometimes, it can be tough... Which is why it is an enormous advantage to play at home.
Michel Platini
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People know me. I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there. I'm not going to belong on Comedy Central. I'll always be a tennis player, not a celebrity.
Pete Sampras
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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.
Alex McLeish
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When I was young, everyone laughed at me when I said that I wanted to be a professional basketball player...now it's my turn to laugh.
Allen Iverson
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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.
Zakk Wylde Black Label Society
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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.
William Hogarth
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I can understand the frustration felt by the many basketball players who feel that they have been forced to conform with the league's new dress code, .. Iverson and other NBA players have suggested that they will not abide by the league's dress code, and Bodog.com will offer to reimburse any fines levied, and match the payment with a donation to each player's charity of choice.
Calvin Ayre
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Before I came here, I had people telling me what a tough place New York is, how other players came here and struggled. But I never let that bother me. I came here because I want to win.
CC Sabathia
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China is certainly an important player in the global economy, and a widespread AIDS epidemic would threaten that growth.
Bill Gates
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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.
George Foreman
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In soccer, the blindest player is the one who sees nothing but the ball.
Nelson Rodrigues