Players Quotes
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You always want to see the NFL try to protect the players.
Tony Dorsett -
Human affairs are like a chess game. Only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players.
Zicheng Hong
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There've been a lot of great players to play the game of baseball that never got an opportunity to go to the World Series, ... and I was hoping that I wasn't going to be another one of them.
Craig Biggio -
We came out of spring believing that they each had a scrimmage or two that they were good at and one or two that they made some mistakes at. Each of them did that and in our mind there was not a separation going into Thursday's practice. I feel it's unfortunate that so many of you in the media have ranked them and have put them in place so that players have to hear that the entire summer. It's really not fair.
Bob Stoops -
When you're a manager, we sometimes speak too much about tactics, but the most difficult thing for a manager is to get the best from his best players.
Ander Herrera -
You don't ever lose your dream. You don't give that up. I tell that to the players. If you don't have dreams, you don't have anything to live for.
Bill Barber -
The World Cup in 2010 is going to be the most inspirational thing ever to hit the streets in South Africa. For the first time, the World Cup won't just be something that is happening on the other side of the world think about the excitement-the biggest players, from all over the world, will be playing football in a stadium just round the corner from home.
Benni McCarthy -
Meyer did a tremendous job. He brought through young players, which I am grateful for. I will be talking to him in the weeks to come.
Allister Coetzee
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I know at Liverpool there are a lot of good players and I know I have to improve myself to learn much more things to get on this level to play there.
Timo Werner -
When there is a solid base of Italian players, those who come in take their example, and then everyone is working in the same direction.
Andrea Pirlo -
Physically, the top players are on a different level to other players, and that's why they're on the top.
Alexander Zverev -
While I was coaching, I believe the motivation talk I gave my players that achieved the best results was in reference to their present game-day effort. I stressed the fact that today's performance could be the most important of their life. Yesterday's performance was already history. Tomorrow really never comes, so today's performance is what really counts.
Bill Sharman -
The majority of players are looking for reasons to fold. I am looking for reasons to play.
Daniel Negreanu -
Either love your players or get out of coaching.
Bobby Dodd
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I couldn't be more proud of our guys. A lot of teams drop down to .500 when they lose that many players. We didn't know what we were going to do early in the year, but these guys just battled, stayed tough and learned to win even when they don't play their best.
Bob Thomason -
Last Saturday morning, the day of the game the Big West tournament final against Long Beach State, a 78-70 victory, I get a call from my dad. My son's wife just had our first granddaughter back north in Walnut Creek, so as soon as the game ended, I had some pizza with the players and went to bed, and the next morning at 5:30, I drove back up to see them, had to go 101 because the Grapevine was closed, and then drove to Stockton for the selection show. I haven't had time to celebrate, but I'll be able to celebrate that every day.
Bob Thomason -
Friends ask me to pick the best 11 players, but sometimes the best 11 players are not the best team. So it's something that you have to work together.
Ivan Rakitić -
The domestic violence policy has been given to our players. My personal view is there's no place in our society for it. I think, especially with the emphasis and education that's out there now, let's hope better light will be shined on this area.
Mike McCarthy -
When you look at all of the great players who ever played the game, they all had that other gear that they could go to, and it makes a world of difference.
Tiger Woods -
When I was in baseball and you went into the clubhouse, you didn't see ball players with curling irons.
Red Barber
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We have a lot of fun every year, and I really enjoy being part of junior golf and the development of these players.
Tiger Woods -
When I was a child, I got an opportunity to see all the big players in a cricket match. I was a ball boy outside the boundary line. I picked the ball and waited a bit for Sachin Tendulkar to come near me to give it to him. The sense of being in the same space was special. While thousands were watching, I was close to Sachin.
Harshvardhan Rane -
She is probably one of the only players in the country that can play all 40 minutes in a game.
Gary Blair -
I don't want to be one of those great players who never made it to the Series.
Rickey Henderson