Player Quotes - page 4

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be. (Wayne Gretzky)
To feminine eyes a man's prestige, or his fame, envelops him in a luminous haze which obscures his faults. The triumphs of an aviator, an actor, a football player, an orator are often responsible for the beginning of a love affair. View quote
André Maurois
Can I jump over two or three guys like I used to? No. Am I as fast as I used to be? No, but I still have the fundamentals and smarts. That's what enables me to still be a dominant player. As a kid growing up, I never skipped steps. I always worked on fundamentals because I know athleticism is fleeting. View quote
Kobe Bryant
This obligation to move can be a burden to a player without strategic vision. View quote
Garry Kasparov
I have a lot of respect for Ovechkin as a player. I like his enthusiasm. I know the kid has a zest for life and a joy for the game. View quote
Alexander Ovechkin
Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, and burning desire, can be translated into riches. Use auto-suggestion, have faith, imagination and overcome fear and time is your opposite player as in checkerboard. View quote
Napoleon Hill
To be a princess is to play at life. To be a queen is to be a serious player... The purpose of life as a woman is to ascend to the throne and rule with heart. View quote
Marianne Williamson
Some argue that our success is short-lived and temporary. So, we now need to make efforts to constantly expand the player base by offering services and titles that can appeal, not only to those who have never played games, but also to those who play them hard. View quote
Satoru Iwata
Since the beginning, I always loved the game. When you grow up in Montreal, one day you want to be a professional hockey player. When I was six or seven, I knew that was what I wanted. View quote
Mario Lemieux
Once I'm at the arena with the guys in the dressing room, and in the bus, and on the plane, I'm a player. And I sit in the back with the players and I play cards and try to take their money. View quote
Mario Lemieux
To borrow a simile from the football field, we believe that men must play fair, but that there must be no shirking, and that the success can only come to the player who hits the line hard. (Theodore Roosevelt)
I didn't have a record player. View quote
Harrison Birtwistle
As a guitar player, it's harder for me to impress somebody than it is to write a song that they like. View quote
Brad Paisley
Take me. I'm an ordinary player in the key of C. And my will was broken by my pride and my vanity. Who's gonna love you when you're looks are gone? God will. Like he waters the flowers on your window sill. View quote
Paul Simon
They're all weak, all women. They're stupid compared to men. They shouldn't play chess, you know. They're like beginners. They lose every single game against a man. There isn't a woman player in the world I can't give knight-odds to and still beat. View quote
Bobby Fischer
I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it. View quote
Bobby Fischer
There will be a player greater than me. View quote
Michael Jordan
Of course it is going to be difficult for any player to get in the Chelsea side no matter who they are. View quote
Frank Lampard
No band is special, no player royalty. View quote
Krist Novoselic
When it's over I just want to be able to look in the mirror and say, 'Well, you were a half-decent player. View quote
Paul Scholes
As a non-Arsenal player I would say Ryan Giggs is my Premier League player of the decade because he has combined style with winning. Also I feel sorry he could never attend the World Cup, somewhere where people get a lot of compliments when they do well. (Arsène Wenger)
A thorough understanding of game theory, should dim these greedy hopes. Knowledge of game theory does not make one a better card player, businessman or military strategist. View quote
Anatol Rapoport
A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself for the group, for the good of the group - that's teamwork. View quote
John Wooden
I just hate to be in one corner. I hate to be put as only a guitar player, or either only as a songwriter, or only as a tap dancer. I like to move around. View quote
Jimi Hendrix
The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player. View quote
Lionel Messi