Player Quotes - page 7

Managing can be more discouraging than playing, especially when you're losing because when you're a player, there are at least individual goals you can shoot for. When you're a manager all the worries of the team become your worries. (Al Lopez)
First I was a European-style player, then I was a downtown 'noise guy,' and now some people call me an Americana guy. View quote
Bill Frisell
Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player. View quote
Bill Klem
An angry player can't argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away. View quote
Bill Klem
All coaching is, is taking a player where he can't take himself. View quote
Bill McCartney
I always got great respect as a bass player. View quote
Bill Wyman
I had been inspired by an organ player named Earl Grant, who played organ and piano together. My mom took me to see him. So I went home, put my piano and organ together, too. View quote
Billy Preston
So in one sense you don't have the classic keyboard player in Yes. View quote
Billy Sherwood
Some of the money going to the rookies can now be spent on people who have proved their worth. After all, the average playing life of a pro football player is about eight years and it is only fitting that the veterans get something for their efforts. View quote
Bob Lilly
In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs. View quote
Bob Uecker
Pele was the most complete player I've ever seen. (Bobby Moore)
My mother was a secretary that elevated herself to having her own international company, my father elevated himself to an NBA player and perennial all-star. So I learned from my parents that it's about hard work, about both of them getting their education, putting people first and leading a life of integrity. View quote
Brian J. White
I'd rather be a good person off the field than a good baseball player on the field. View quote
Bryce Harper
Every great player has learned the two Cs: how to concentrate and how to maintain composure. View quote
Byron Nelson
It's not the name that makes the player. It's the player. View quote
Barry Bonds
Every player has the option to have metal spikes or other spikes or whatever they feel most comfortable in. View quote
Bernhard Langer
When it was time for a player to go, he went. View quote
Cal Hubbard
One of my favorites has always been 'Swap Meet.' One of the reasons why I like that is it's a song that's in a drop-D tuning, and of course, also being a guitar player, it's one of the songs that I really like the riff on it. View quote
Chad Channing
Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived. View quote
Charley Pride
I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon. View quote
Cam Newton
I wasn't a bad basketball player, but I was far from the world's greatest. Good defense, no offense - that was me. (Chuck Connors)
As a horn player, the greatest compliment one can get is when a person comes to you and says, 'I heard this saxophone on the radio the other day and I knew it was you. I don't know the song, but I know it was you on sax.' View quote
Clarence Clemons
I take my job as a rock and roll sax player very seriously. To do it the way that I must do it, I must be in good condition. The better shape you're in, the harder you can rock. View quote
Clarence Clemons
I'm the quiet bass player. View quote
Colin Hanks
I just want to be a better guitar player, really. View quote
Colin Hay