Player Quotes - Page 21

• It is important for students to get a - to be exposed to a variety of people. Just like you want football players, you want piccolo players, you want people from all over the country and different backgrounds.

  Paul Gigot

  Country, Football, People

  Source: www.wsj.com

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• It was never my first choice to be a singer/guitar player. I really wanted to play drums.

  Ryan Adams

  Guitar, Choices, Singers

  Interview with Joshua Klein, pitchfork.com. July 23, 2007.

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• I was never much of a bass player.

  Ryan Adams

  Bass, Bass Players

  Interview with Joshua Klein, pitchfork.com. July 23, 2007.

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• Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounce it to you, trippingly on the tongue; but if you mouth it, as many of your players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines.

  William Shakespeare

  Mouths, Lines, Speech

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. 1

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• Investing is not as tough as being a top-notch bridge player. All it takes is the ability to see things as they really are.

  Warren Buffett

  Bridges, Investing, Tough

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• Our strategy [at Chelsea] is to bring up our own players through the academy, which we have invested a lot in, and hope it gives results

  Roman Abramovich

  Giving, Strategy, Results

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• Do you value people who won't benefit you or only those who might contribute in some way to your success? Great team players truly value others as people, and they know and relate to what others value.

  John C. Maxwell

  Team, People, Benefits

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• There's a quote from Hamlet that is my guide... He tells the players not to exaggerate but to hold a mirror up to nature. Don't overdo it, don't underdo it. Do it just on the line.

  Andrew Wyeth

  Mirrors, Lines, Guides

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• Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.

  Miles Davis

  Men, Ego, Looks

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• I turned my thoughts to a still more novel mode... to compose pictures on canvas similar to representations on the stage... my picture is my stage, and men and women my players exhibited in a 'dumb' show.

  William Hogarth

  Men, Dumb, Canvas

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• Drawing is one of those things which sit on the uneasy bending line between instinct and instruction, where seeming perversity eventually trumps pleasure as the card players and the kibitzers interact and new thrills are sought.

  Adam Gopnik

  Drawing, Risk, Bending

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• If there is any bad feeling I hope it's against me and not my players - I may put my tin helmet on without them seeing!

  Glenn Hoddle

  Feelings, Tin, May

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• He is someone I respect [Beckham] as a man and as a player. He is the captain of England and has been a European champion. I have never been critical of him and reports implying that are incorrect as I've never made comments about him

  Jose Mourinho

  Men, Champion, Captains

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• Like I always said, if I'm one of the top players in the game, pay me like I'm one of the top players in the game.

  Terrell Owens

  Games, Pay, Said

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• My dad was a big card player.

  Vince Vaughn

  Dad, Cards, Bigs

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• Unfortunately apparently I am to blame because I don't produce enough English players.

  Arsene Wenger

  England, Blame, Enough

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• Coach John Wooden used seven players at UCLA. Coach Denny Crum used to say, 'The more moving parts you have, the greater the chance you have for a breakdown.' I think there's a lot of veracity to that.

  Skip Prosser

  Moving, Thinking, Ucla

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• There is a possibility that your ability as a player may well be analysed by future generations on your one day statistics. That's the day I dread most.

  Allan Border

  One Day, Generations, May

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• Mark my words: If Shaun Rogers is healthy, he'll be the NFL defensive player of the year.

  Matt Millen

  Years, Nfl, Healthy

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• I think every coach has to adapt to what they have, because they're what you get. You can't just go out to the player tree and pick all the great ones. That doesn't happen. You get a Barry Sanders every now and then. You get a Billy Sims every once in a while. And when you have it, you adapt to their strengths. Whoever comes in here and whoever has this job needs to adapt and will do that.

  Matt Millen

  Jobs, Thinking, Tree

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• I don't think players care too much about stats and statistics.

  Ashley Cole

  Thinking, Care, Statistics

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• There is always going to be competition. When you play for a top club, you're going to attract top players. It's part and parcel of football.

  Jermain Defoe

  Football, Competition, Clubs

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• For me, there's nothing that beats playing. When I'm not playing, I'll watch games on the television, watch stuff on You-Tube, everything. I just live for football, love watching great players.

  Jermain Defoe

  Football, Games, Watches

  "Tottenham's Jermain Defoe eyes 'great feeling' of being just 19th man to score 20 goals for England" by Martin Lipton, www.mirror.co.uk. May 30, 2013.

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• When you play with good players, they will always create chances for the forwards to score.

  Jermain Defoe

  Play, Chance, Score

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• I've known Shawn for several years. And he's just an amazing talent. He's a great writer, a marvelous, marvelous guitar player, and plays really good fiddle.

  Guy Clark

  Guitar, Years, Talent

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