Best Players Quotes

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  Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.

  Ted Williams

  Sports, Baseball, Athlete

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.

  Bo Jackson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Bo Jackson, Dick Schaap (1990). “Bo knows Bo: the autobiography of a ballplayer”, Doubleday Books

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• It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.53, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

  Knute Rockne

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Most football players are temperamental. That's 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental.

  Doug Plank

  Sports, Football, Player

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• Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

  John Wooden

  Life, Motivational, Positive

  Fellowship of Christian Athletes, John Wooden (2010). “The Greatest Coach Ever: Timeless Wisdom and Insights of John Wooden”, p.101, Gospel Light Publications

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• I'll let the racket do the talking.

  John McEnroe

  Funny, Sports, Volleyball

  The Times (London), June 26, 1984.

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• Ronaldo has come through for the past two or three years and is the best in Europe. I think at the moment no doubt Ronaldo is the best player.

  Pele

  Past, Player, Thinking

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• Sachin Tendulkar is, in my time, the best player without doubt

  Brian Lara

  Player, Doubt, Tendulkar

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• The thing it taught me was that winning's a helluva lot more fun than losing. It also taught me that the team with the best players that worked together the best wins.

  Jack Welch

  Fun, Team, Winning

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• The best chess-player in Christendom may be little more than the best player of chess; but proficiency in whist implies capacity for success in all those more important undertakings where mind struggles with mind.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Struggle, Player, Mind

  Edgar Allan Poe (2008). “Edgar Allan Poe's Annotated Short Stories”, p.352, Bottletree Books LLC

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• The best player in the world; whenever Iniesta is on the pitch he creates a spectacle.

  Samuel Eto'o

  Player, Iniesta, World

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• Your best player has to set a tone of intolerance for anything that gets in the way of winning

  Jeff Van Gundy

  Basketball, Winning, Player

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• There are only four U.S. tournaments that the very best players in the world play every year - Palm Springs, Miami, Cincinnati, and the U.S. Open. So how would golf or NFL or NHL fare if there were only four times a year that their very best were visible? Tennis went international, and for us to expect it to be popular media-wise is very naïve. And that translates into children and families being interested.

  Jim Courier

  Wise, Children, Spring

  Source: www.powersharesseries.com

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• The best players are always in the thick of the action. (Michael) Jordan did it with the Bulls, (Kobe) Bryant does it with the Lakers and Leo does it here. We want him to stay with us because he's the best and we wouldn't swap him for anyone.

  Ronaldinho

  Player, Lakers, Doe

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• Ashley Cole is a fantastic defender. I have seen him keep the best players in the world quiet.

  Ronaldinho

  Player, World, Quiet

  "Ronaldinho tells Sportsmail why England fail in tournaments, the best opponents he's faced and why Rooney would walk into the Brazil squad". Interview with Alex Kay, www.dailymail.co.uk. February 4, 2013.

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• Put your two best players away from the ball and bring it back to them.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Player, Two

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• They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.

  Red Auerbach

  Basketball, Winning, Player

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• It is good to be Compared with the best player [Pele]. But my dad told me about Garrincha's style as he moved forward, went up, attacked and dribbled. Garrincha's style is more similar to Neymar's.

  Neymar

  Dad, Player, Style

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• I am very proud. It is always fun to win such a prize, to be chosen as Swedens best player a certain year.

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic

  Fun, Player, Winning

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• I'm just trying to grow. That's one thing I told myself is, 'Don't worry about who people say is the best player'.

  Kevin Durant

  Inspirational, Basketball, Player

  "Quite the busy offseason for Durant". Interview with Sam Amick, www.si.com. September 24, 2011.

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• How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate

  Brad Stevens

  Basketball, Player, Nba

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• I don't know if we are the best team in the world. I am lucky to be playing alongside some of the best players around. It's a dream.

  Zinedine Zidane

  Soccer, Dream, Team

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• When your best players are really good guys, it's the best.

  John Calipari

  Player, Guy, Good Guy

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• Sachin Tendulkar is in my time the best player without doubt - daylight second, Brian Lara third.

  Shane Warne

  Player, Doubt, Daylight

  "Tendulkar is way ahead: Warne". www.thehindu.com. October 5, 2004.

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