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I've never been a big soloist; I just put in what needs to be there. I'm more of a rhythm player who plays lead - or tries to play lead.
The speed will increase and the players will be better, but also the players around you will be a lot better. It all cancels itself out.
Buy a steak for a player on another club after the game, but don't even speak to him on the field. Get out there and beat them to death.
The great thing about hockey players is that they are able to separate the on-ice from the off-ice and not let the latter distract them.
The internet creates chaos and a dangerous kind of piracy but makes the viewer much more active and gives the voice to minority players.
Christianity affects your whole life. I feel I'm more competitive, a better player, but off the field is where there is always a battle.
The bottom line is just that Rickey Henderson was my favorite player. His flair, his style-the key word is impact-he's an impact player.
I'd also made the first tennis team. I was number two player in the school at 11 years of age and that didn't sit very well with people.
When a baseball player makes an error, it goes into the record and is published. How many of us could stand this sort of daily scrutiny?
Do you know the nicest thing about looking at pictures of a 1950's baseball park? The only people wearing baseball caps are the players.
Just heard Paul Scholes has retired, best I’ve ever played against by a mile. Most technically gifted player in english history. Legend.
Thanks to all the fans from Detroit and Philly who are recognizing what type of player I am, and I hope they keep supporting the Sixers.
To be honest, I'm one of the least-technical guitar players around. I just want a guitar to feel good and sound good. That's it, period.
I believe in myself, especially with how hard I've worked. I'm one of the top five players in the world. I feel like I've proven myself.
Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It's staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in.
My D'Angelico is a jazz archtop guitar. That guitar was made for Glenn Miller's guitar player in 1939. It's a '39 D'Angelico New Yorker.
He's helped me do so much in my career, helped me be the player that I am. If there's no Larry Brown, then there's no MVP, Allen Iverson.
It so often happens that, after sacrificing a pawn, a player aims not to obtain the initiative for it, but to regain sacrificed material.
When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game.
When (Big) Walter was in the right mood, he could be the most ferocious, the most inventive, the most dangerous harp player I ever heard.
He credited his teammates, who he thanked in turn, with challenging him every day and driving him forward and making him a better player.
According to such great attacking players as Bronstein and Tal, most combinations are inspired by the player's memories of earlier games.
I knew when I got to play with Al Jackson I would be a better bass player because he was the best drummer in the world. I worshipped him.
Bonaparte knew but one merit, and rewarded in one and the same way the good soldier, the good astronomer, the good poet, the good player.
More and more NFL players have been willing their bodies to science so that their brains can be studied even if they die of other causes.
Tennis players go into a press conference, and almost every one of them is the same. We do very little differently on a day-to-day basis.
I'm the kind of a player who, if you give me something good to hit, I'm going to swing at it. Otherwise, there's nothing else you can do.
As a newcomer, I was often expected to carry the bags of the older players, or get them burgers. That can make you feel pretty miserable.
I grew up as a horseback rider and a volleyball player so honestly when I got a gym membership in New York, I thought I was going to die.
Cooper was my road roommate, and also happened to be the first African American player drafted by a National Basketball Association team.
I've been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.
I'm not one to blow smoke at my players. They kicked our butts on the offensive boards. And it's not just because the ball came their way.
It's not just the manager who makes the decision, it's the player who makes the decision. They both decide fifty-fifty to make a decision.
As a professional football player, I have known perfectly well from the day I started playing that every day I have to fight for my place.
Baggio is a unique player. It should not surprise you that he gets the most press. But you must remember that it takes a full team to win.
Few golfers are born with the natural talent for hitting the ball, but every player is blessed with the God-given ability to throw a club.
Never at any point did I feel like missing a training session. I was very keen on improving as a cricketer and as an international player.
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.
A manager should stay as far away as possible from his players. I don't know if I said ten words to Frank Robinson while he played for me.
I had to have help getting up these stairs because I've been tackled by so many lions and tigers. Really. I'm like an old football player.
I think I am a complete player. I can play well on all the surfaces. For me, the clay might be easiest, but I am not a specialist on clay.
You've got to take responsibility and to do everything in your power to get results. Hopefully players look at that and try and follow it.
What I would tell young players is that as you get older, the best thing you can do is try to have other interests and have opportunities.
I don't think there is any place in football for drinking. I have said on several occasions to players: You don't put diesel in a Ferrari.
If I had to pick the greatest team player in baseball today-and I have some of the greats on my own club-I would have to pick Pie Traynor.
I learned to never say never and never say no, so I decided to go pro. I knew I'd have an opportunity to be a defensive player in the NFL.
I admire the way golfers handle themselves. But tennis players are a lot younger, as a rule. There aren't many teenagers on the golf tour.
I would be really excellent in a horror film because I have a great scream. I'd be really good in a comedy too. I'm top, top, top quality.
He doesn't necessarily have to learn the sky hook. He just has to learn how to be an effective post player. I think I can help him do that.
There are certainly loads of players that I admire; I try to learn from all of the great masters both of the past and contemporary as well.