Players Quotes
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I thought the Dallas Cowboys were special. But the team stayed together. All teams stayed together back then. I can name you 40 guys that only played for Dallas, including Bob Lilly and Roger Staubach and Meredith. I could go on and on and on and on. We had very few other players that came from other teams. Now you have a little small nucleus of players, and about a third of your team changes every year, because of the salary cap, because of free agency. Some guy makes more money, pretty soon a guy starts making that money, you can't afford to keep him.
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There are calm Korean players and not calm. There are calm Western players.
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God is the author, men are only the players. These grand pieces which are played upon earth have been composed in heaven.
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You always catch the wrong players.
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Our guys in the fourth quarter are fighting their guts out. I would hope that they'd start the game like that.
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Our players are mad, but it's good mad.
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They've almost created a different identity with a different group of guys in a very quick turnaround. They've made it look very simple. You've got to give them a lot of credit, not just their coaching staff but their players, for buying into that and doing the things that they've done to be so successful.
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I don't have any tricky plays, I'd rather have tricky players.
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It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.
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There are players there that you wished you could have on your squad. . . . I had some tough conversations today.
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We want to be two-way players; that's the best thing.
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We don't want our players getting hurt.
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We had two long drives there that we didn't finish well in the second half, our guys felt like defensively, ... We gave up four big plays, which resulted in a lot of yardage there.
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I hope all of them have got on a piece of paper tucked away somewhere that their goal for the tour is to make the 22. They have all got the ability to do it, they are all good young players with plenty of potential.
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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.
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Despite their tremendous talent, (NBA players) are still, by and large, young adults, seeking validation from an authority figure, and there is no greater authority figure on a team than the coach. Needless to say, in today's warped, self-indulgent climate, too many players couldn't care less about appeasing the coach.
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In the '70s... there were rock players, and there were jazz players.
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I am supposed to set an example to young players.
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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.
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I'm a self-taught musician aside from what I've been able to pick up from other players.
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My music lives because of real players.
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I told our players I couldn't be prouder of them. We fought extremely hard all year. I really appreciate them taking me with them.
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Our players were given a week off after Japan. Apart from Andrew Packer who has a back injury, they are all fit.
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Again, we just blew our chance, it's that simple. I'll be the first one to take the blame. Everyone's a part of it. To the credit of our players, they put us in position after being .500 for the better part of the season, but we told them going into the Dayton game this team will be remembered positively or negatively by what happened in March. There will be some negative memories about this season because of what happened in March. That's the cold, hard reality.
