Player Quotes - page 10

My dad was a football player - a soccer player - for Manchester United, and I loved playing football, but I also happened to be the guy in class who was pretty good at sight reading. My teacher gave me scripts, and I was very comfortable. (Ian McShane)
Christ, he was paranoid about criticism. I used to say: why doesn't he worry about the team and forget what people are saying? He got Phil Thompson, who was a kid coming through when I was a Liverpool player, to have a go at me. So now I don't talk to him. View quote
Ian St John
A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going to the gym, those are the sacrifices that you have to make if you want to be an NBA basketball player. View quote
Jason Kidd
I turned up my nose at yoga for years. I was a rugby player growing up. But now I know. When I'm on those long international flights, like 22 hours from L.A. to Sydney, I'll get up sometimes and do yoga in the aisle just to stretch out a little bit. View quote
Jason O'Mara
There are good people who are dealt a bad hand by fate, and bad people who live long, comfortable, privileged lives. A small twist of fate can save or end a life; random chance is a permanent, powerful player in each of our lives, and in human history as well. View quote
Jeff Greenfield
I progressed through so many different styles of music through my teen years, both as a player and a vocalist, particularly the jazz and pop of the early 20th Century. View quote
Jeff Healey
I was the Specials' founder, main songwriter and keyboard player. View quote
Jerry Dammers
So, I'm thinking of a name for a villain that has a sense of humor. I thought of 'The Joker' as a name, and as soon as I thought that, I associate it with the playing card, as my family had a tradition of champion playing; my brother was a contract champion bridge player. There were always cards around the house. View quote
Jerry Robinson
I knew I was the second-best tennis player in the state of Florida and No. 8 in the United States of America when I was 12 years old and I couldn't tell you what I was in baseball, but I liked my chances in tennis of getting a scholarship to college. View quote
Jim Courier
If you can defend, counter-attack and take the initiative then you become a more dangerous player. View quote
Jo Durie
I just learned my lyrics and tried not to bump into the trumpet player. That was my philosophy. (Jo Stafford)
I've seldom seen a horny player walk into a bar and not let out exactly what he did for a living. View quote
Johnny Bench
I was a creative player, but I got some bad injuries early on and I decided that if this was a jungle we were playing in then it's better to be a lion than a lamb. View quote
Johnny Giles
It's something you dream about as a kid. Like when you play all those NCAA video games as a kid and you create your own player and win the Heisman with a bunch of crazy numbers. It's the biggest, most prestigious award in college football, so it'd definitely be a dream come true. View quote
Johnny Manziel
T-Bone Walker was a big influence on just about every guitar player around. View quote
Johnny Winter
There is only one Mariano Rivera. There wont be another person who will come along and do what he did. No one does it like him. It was an honor to catch him and play alongside him for as long as I did. He made my job as a catcher so much easier. Mariano is a special person and obviously a special player. View quote
Jorge Posada
The iPhone revolutionised the mobile industry, rather like the iPod before it with the personal music player. View quote
Julian Ovenden
You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast. View quote
Junior Seau
There's no ego when you're a ukulele player. View quote
Jake Shimabukuro
I'm a basketball player. That's what I do and what I love but that's just not all who I am. I'm talented in a lot of different areas. View quote
Kevin Durant
Imagine how foolish you'd look if, like one clever salesman who once pitched to me, you tried to license your product to a big industry player without knowing they just launched a competing product. With the right background research, he could have avoided that and other landmines - and so can you. (Kevin O'Leary)
Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get green cards (you heard it here), but if an American orchestra really wants a player, they have their ways. View quote
Lara St. John
Without getting real personal, we liked our bass player Ed. He was a great guy and he was a good bass player but his playing was suited for a different style of band. View quote
Lou Gramm
I was not a very good football player when I started out. View quote
Lynn Swann
Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet. View quote
Lee Konitz