Player Quotes - page 12

Jeff Kinney is tall and has a great smile, but dont be fooled, hes as slick as they come. A real player. And how he came up with a book that appeals to kids ages 8-13 baffles me. Hes an unbelievably kind man with a great family. (Rachael Harris)
But the problem with coaching is that it is a full-time job. By that I mean for at least 40 weeks in a year you have to be with the player, either travelling or training. Right now I don't want to do that. View quote
Richard Krajicek
I took the rhythm place, which a lot of people didn't know how to do the way I could, and this was really the first time that Johnny had a rhythm guitar player. View quote
Rick Derringer
Maybe I'm just getting old, but I remember when your average NFL player would come to the sideline, spit out three bicuspids, Scotch-tape his humerus together and get back out there. View quote
Rick Reilly
I don't want people losing respect for me as a player. I want to go out in every game and perform to the highest level. I have no retirement plans. I've had a lot of injuries but I want to continue playing. View quote
Robbie Fowler
You know, I started this process of being a football player and I'm going to make it to the NFL very soon and I plan on finishing that. And by 'finishing that,' I mean that I'm going to go out and be the best that I can be and put everything forth to make that happen. View quote
Robert Griffin III
There's a lot of ingredients go into being a good tennis player. View quote
Rod Laver
The Giants are looking for a trade but I don't think Atlanta wants to depart with a quality player. View quote
Ron Fairly
I've been semi-successful. I've done all right but I'm not the player I was. Who do I think will win the world championship? John Higgins. Have I been good for snooker? I don't know. View quote
Ronnie O'Sullivan
He was a professional rugby player in the area that I played as a youngster. So a lot of people who I went to school with knew who he was and knew that he was black. So I would get racist taunts in school. View quote
Ryan Giggs
No player in baseball history worked harder, suffered more, or did it better than Andre Dawson. He's the best I've ever seen. (Ryne Sandberg)
I'm basically a cocktail jazz kind of pianist. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a very good keyboard player. People think I think I'm good. I think I'm a very poor piano player. View quote
Ray Manzarek
I'm a terrible trumpet player. View quote
Ray Stevens
Bill Justis was a saxophone player, good musician, arranger, and friend of mine who had a big hit called Raunchy. View quote
Ray Stevens
A professional player is smarter than a college man. He uses his noodle. He knows what to do and when to do it. He rarely goes up in the air as is the case with most of our college players when they get in a tight place. View quote
Red Grange
Every football player knows when his time is up. View quote
Red Grange
A final of a grand slam is always a matter of details. Maybe a point here, a point there will make the difference. Maybe someone who is a bit more gutsy than the other player, someone who is having a better day than the others. View quote
Sabine Lisicki
In the NBA, you can't run from guys. I think a lot of teams were surprised by my interviews, how nice and well-spoken I am as a player and as a person. I'm a guy who wants to learn. View quote
Shabazz Muhammad
In my early days I was a contract player at Universal and I had a wonderful mentor named Monique James, who was head of talent there, and she used to drag me on sets to do parts. View quote
Sharon Gless
Baseball player. Yeah, that was my dream before acting, or alongside acting. View quote
Shemar Moore
I think as a Canadian hockey player, you go through it in your mind so many times, being able to stand on that blue line and hear your national anthem play and being a gold medal champion, you dream of that. And then to be able to accomplish that and actually win a gold medal and represent your country its an amazing feeling. (Sidney Crosby)
Whether you're trying to learn in hockey or trying to learn in life, I've always tried to be observant and tried to learn more, tried to evolve, whether it's as a hockey player or as a person. With each year, I try to do that. View quote
Sidney Crosby
So I went out and bought Hard Again by Muddy Waters. That was a big learning curve. I listened to that album again and again and again. James Cotton was the harmonica player on that album. View quote
Sonny Terry
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. View quote
Sparky Anderson
Always wanted to be a Major League player. Loved baseball. Followed it. Loved to play. Plus, I could always hit. View quote
Stan Musial