Player Quotes - Page 37

• I made a better decision in choosing my team. Sure, I had a bigger choice of players to choose from - but I couldn't have asked for a harder working group of players who did an incredible job.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Jobs, Team, Choices

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• Louisiana has a heritage of great players that play their high school football within the boundaries of Louisiana.

  Les Miles

  Football, School, Lsu

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• I don't think I've changed very much. I think I'm the same kid that I was when I got here. When I came here all I wanted to do was win games. I wanted to play baseball for LSU and be the ultimate team player. That's all I want to do. If we don't end up being the last team to win the game at the end of the year then I won't be happy. That's all I'm worried about this year.

  Alex Bregman

  Baseball, Team, Kids

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• I think I'm the only player who looks at each and every center and says to myself, 'That's barbecued chicken down there.'

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Thinking, Looks

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• For once in my career, I won't have to hold anybody's hand and they won't have to hold mine. I'm surrounded by veterans. We had a great battle last Thursday at HealthPoint. It was something I never had before - three, four, really great players all in one pickup game.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Games, Careers

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• About strip clubs and athletes. The best way I can explain why a lot of players end up there is because it's one of the safest places a high-profile person can spend time in a boring city.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Athlete, Nba, Cities

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• He can play. He can shoot. He can dribble. He can pass. He's a great player. Period. No question about it. And if anyone thinks Dirk is not a great player, I'll punch them in their face.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Thinking, Nba

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• Every ex-player I meet says the exact same thing to me 'I wish I had given it longer'. Too many players get flights home when they have the opportunity because they' re missing their mates and home, then they go back into that environment and get comfortable.

  Kevin Kilbane

  Home, Opportunity, Missing

  Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

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• There are too many coming from different countries. When we started, foreign players were in the minority. All the best players from Spain, France, Brazil, Argentina are going to England. And Ireland is bound to suffer.

  Kevin Kilbane

  Country, Suffering, Brazil

  Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

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• I never pay attention to errors in the Minor Leagues. Derek Jeter made 43 errors in the South Atlantic League, and I didn't care. With his hands and his range, I don't worry about that with Zimmerman. He is a good defensive player.

  Jim Bowden

  Errors, Hands, League

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• I actually play sports better when I'm mad. Some players don't play better when they're mad. They lose their sense of where they're at. I have a tendency to do better when I'm under pressure.

  Kevin Costner

  Sports, Mad, Pressure

  "Kevin Costner Talks DRAFT DAY, His Career, What We Can Learn from the Movies, How GIANT Influenced His Outlook on Life, and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. April 7, 2014.

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• I always tell the players, "We are in the business that's very much like a marathon race only we're gonna be doing it for 260-something days or so." And the race is something you get ready to do. There's gonna be some trial inside of there, but you put yourself through it because ultimately it brings a lot of meaning to your life, it gives a lot of energy to what you're doing.

  Phil Jackson

  Race, Giving, Energy

  "Sunday Conversation: Phil Jackson". Interview with Jim Gray, www.espn.com. October 02, 2005.

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• I'm not chasing championships. Championship's chasing us. I'm not doing that. I want my players to be better people once they leave campus because this is a life lesson. This is more than basketball. This is life lessons that we're trying to teach.

  Kevin Ollie

  Basketball, Life Lesson, People

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• That's something that I just can't underestimate the importance of, the staff continuity. I really think that the players feed off the coaches.

  Pete Lembo

  Thinking, Underestimate, Staff

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• (I)t is highly questionable whether when 'Europe speaks with one voice', as we are so often told it is doing, anyone is really listening. Europe's reputation as a serious player in international affairs is unenviable. It is a feeble giant who desperate attempts to be taken seriously are largely risible. It has a weak currency and a sluggish inflexible economy, still much reliant on hidden protectionism. It has a shrinking, ageing, population and, with the exception of Britain, rather unimpressive armed forces and, not excepting Britain, muddled diplomacy.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Taken, Europe, Voice

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• The young players in the Welsh squad aren't young any more

  Ian Rush

  Squad, Young, Welsh

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• Only one thing can stop Luis Suarez from being voted as the Players' Player of the Year... his fellow players.

  Jamie Redknapp

  Years, Suarez, Fellows

  "3pm's football funnies: Why Cockney Reds are right on track for the Manchester derby" by Steve Anglesey, www.mirror.co.uk. March 17, 2013.

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• Tendulkar is a world class player and a great ambassador for the game. As a youngster I watched the games and that's where all my dreams started. You watch Tendulkar on TV and you think that I want to be like that one day

  Graeme Smith

  Dream, Thinking, Class

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• David Cone is in a class by himself with three or four other players.

  George Steinbrenner

  Class, Three, Four

  "Top Of The Sixth" by Tom Fitzgerald, www.sfgate.com. September 19, 1996.

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• An official statement from Liverpool raised the spectre of a future where 'a club's rival can bring about a significant ban for a top player without anything beyond an accusation'. But on hearing this, many Manchester United fans would have been asking for a definition of the word 'rival'.

  Nick Hornby

  Rivals, Clubs, Definitions

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• I didnt really grow up a comic book fanatic. I was a big baseball player, and my passion in life, in third grade, was collecting baseball cards. That was my childhood thing.

  Alan Ritchson

  Baseball, Growing Up, Book

  "Alan Ritchson Exclusive Interview SMALLVILLE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 19, 2010.

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• The players who said I am the dirtiest player in the league, it's ultimately their opinion, but I would love to hear from many of them on their true opinion on that.

  Ndamukong Suh

  League, Opinion, Said

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• We're not only hockey players. A lot of guys have families and girlfriends. You can't just think about hockey 24-7.

  Mike Comrie

  Girlfriend, Hockey, Thinking

  "Comrie talks about his transition on Long Island ... and 'Milary'". Interview with David Amber, www.espn.com.au. November 6, 2007.

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• The shot of Kapil Dev kissing the World Cup and hordes of Indian fans all over at Lord's is etched in my memory. Every Indian is proud of that victory, and every Indian player who has played the World Cup after that '83 win wants to bring the Cup home.

  Suresh Raina

  Memories, Home, Kissing

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• I'm just another player that comes in and comes out. Everybody's time is up at some point, I don't think that's my problem. I'm just going to keep on trying like I normally do.

  David Ortiz

  Thinking, Trying, Problem

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