Player Quotes

I was always a closet blues player.

If I'm not a jazz player all the time, I've at least been cued in to what I do by jazz.

Liu Fang is a truly gifted, world-famous player of the pipa and the guzheng, classical Chinese stringed instruments.

Of course it is going to be difficult for any player to get in the Chelsea side no matter who they are.

Every player has the option to have metal spikes or other spikes or whatever they feel most comfortable in.

Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.

As one of nine men, DiMaggio is the best player that ever lived.

If you think about it, I've never held a job in my life. I went from being an NFL player to a coach to a broadcaster. I haven't worked a day in my life.

Every great player has learned the two Cs: how to concentrate and how to maintain composure.

I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon.

Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.

I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me. The only person I could prepare for events was me. And if I didn't play well, I didn't play well, and I wasn't going to compete.

I am a saxophone player.

Even on the greatest teams, there's always one role player.

I need to go someplace faraway that doesn't have telephones and doesn't have a record player and doesn't have movie theaters and people walking down the street in order to not do anything.

The physio side probably stemmed from the knocks I got as a player.

I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality.

I was a piano player before I was a poet.

I think in the lifetime of a tennis player there are many times where you feel that tremendous confidence.

There is no such thing as a perfect player; it doesn't exist.

I am not a player.

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.

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am.

I subscribe to that school of thespian - to be a wandering minstrel or traveling player, a thing ofrags and patches, of ballads, songs and snatches.

I have been accused of being a very simplistic, very lyrical player, and that's okay. That just comes from the blues, which is my background. But every day you wake up and transcend. You can't ever rest on your laurels.

If I'm going to be a jazz player, I need to understand Miles Davis.

First of all, a player has to know what is banned and what is not banned.

I know there are a lot of people who believe in me as a player and a person, and I don't want to let them down.

In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.

I didn't get a lot of awards as a player. But they did have a Bob Uecker Day Off for me once in Philly.

Still to this day, I am deeply satisfied when watching a guitar player who is connected with their art and instrument. GuitarTV helps you tap into that connection, and to each other.

The reason I became a better player was because I came to Philly.

I do not consider myself a guitar player. My father is a guitar player - I'm not.

At 49, I can say something I never would have said when I was a player, that I'm a better person because of my failures and disgraces.

Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.

I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.

What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.

We're gonna release a studio album probably a year from now and we've got these recordings that we did with Coco Taylor and Johnny Johnson, who was Chuck Berry's piano player.

I don't know that I'd agree I was our best player.

The door can never be closed for good to any player.

I'm not a great player, but I'm a damn good one.

The key thing with any football player is, what can he do when he gets on the field.

Clifford Brown was in the jazz circles considered to be probably the greatest trumpet player who ever lived.

As a child, I wanted to be an athlete, a professional tennis player or something like that.

I'm not like a poker player. I'm not into bluff. My way is to look someone in the eye and tell them the way I'm intending to go. My cards are always on the table.

The crowd paid little or no respect to every player out there tonight.

The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules.

I know I'm not a selfish player. People around me know I'm not a selfish player. I do everything I can to make people around me understand I'm not a selfish player.

I always say golf's a really good exposer of a player's personality.

You know, I think I'm the worst player to talk to about statistics.

Dubai's world class physical infrastructure has already established it as a major player in terms of trade, tourism and as the leading conference and exhibition venue in this part of the world.

I never would say a player stinks. Ever. I'll tell you their team stinks, and first of all, they know their team stinks. And the fans know their team stinks.

I've been in just about every situation as a player and coach and manager. I've been in the playoffs, World Series, and I know how to get there.

I think these awards are always nice for a player but they also reflect well on the club. It shows that Arsenal's performance have been noted all around the world and it helps by having so many good players around me.

Iran is central to our foreign policy in the Middle East, a major player in global energy markets, and a key country in terms of our interaction with the Muslim world.

The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.

I didn't have a record player.

I've been invited to do a trio with a fantastic jazz guitarist and a harmonica player.

The thing with NBA teams, a lot of times they just want to get you back on the floor to play, so as a player you've got to be very, very smart.

It's not the name that makes the player. It's the player.

I want the single player experience.

When you get punched, you have to get up.You have no other choice. If you don't, you're not going to grow, you're not going to get better as a player.

I believe in Wendel Clark. We want Wendel to be a prime-time player.

I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.

My former coach, Simen Agdestein, used to be the best player in Norway.

If a guy won't commit, he's a player.

I was planning to be a baseball player until I ran into something called a curveball. And that set me back.

And I've played piano since I was little, so I was originally the piano player in the band.

I'm pretty much a self-taught player. My swing hasn't changed a whole lot, I don't think. But I watch a lot of people.

Being a day player, period, is one of the hardest things you can do as an actor.

I never dreamed about being a millionaire - I dreamed about being a football player.

I'm the first one to admit, I'm a pretty unorthodox guitar player.

I always wanted to be a basketball player.

I like my groundstrokes, I can say. I like it. That's my game - I'm a groundstroke player and I play pretty aggressive.

I always dreamt of being a basketball player. A dream that only I believed in.