Player Quotes - Page 39

• Sportsmanship is that quality of honor that desires always to be courteous, fair, and respectful, and it is interpreted in the conduct of players, spectators, coaches, and school authorities.

  Fielding H. Yost

  School, Honor, Desire

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• I always had wished somebody else would sing my songs, but there wasn't anybody who knew them, so I sang them myself and eventually became a better singer and guitar player.

  Buffy Sainte-Marie

  Song, Guitar, Singers

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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  To have a successful team, you have to have great players of course - but you have to have good personalities and good people as well.

  David Beckham

  Team, Successful, People

  "David Beckham interview - Why I'm not ready to finish playing yet". Interview with Paul Vercammen, www.totalfootballmag.com.

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• Steven Spielberg making a Ready Player One movie is going to change the course of human history as pertains to how quickly virtual reality is adopted. He's going to shows the whole world the potential of VR, which is one of the reasons I think he's doing it. Once you have to compose for 360 degrees, and a movie is different every time you watch it depending on where you choose to look, it's like the dawn of a new era.

  Ernest Cline

  Reality, Thinking, Dawn

  "Author Ernie Cline Was Told Video Games Would Rot His Brain, But Who Holds the High Score Now?". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. July 10, 2015.

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• When I first met him [James Galanis], he just said, "Look, if you want to be a professional soccer player, if you want to make the national team, you have to do everything possible to work hard. You’ve got to put it number one."

  Carli Lloyd

  Soccer, Team, Hard Work

  "This Pre-World Cup Interview with Carli Lloyd Shows Just How Awesomely Intense She Is". Interview with George Quraishi, www.slate.com. July 8, 2015.

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• There is far more sensitivity in acoustic guitar players than could ever be compared to any synthesizer. That's a personal point of view but that's the way I see it. I think that's what it's all about. The drive, the fire, the passion - it all comes out on the guitar.

  Jimmy Page

  Passion, Thinking, Fire

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• Tom Hanks is a huge superstar. And people tell me he's a very nice guy, not arrogant, not an entitlement guy. But very quietly, Mr. Hanks has become a left-wing power player in Hollywood.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Nice, Wings, People

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• There are a lot of great players from Europe who have never played Augusta, but all the guys in America have all played St. Andrews. They've gone over and made a trip to play St. Andrews.

  Tiger Woods

  America, Europe, Guy

  Source: www.ign.com

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• If you're a baseball player and you're on the mound, you don't ever want to look up in the stands if somebody is yelling at you, because they know they've got you. You just keep your head down, keep moving along. Of course it annoys you, but you don't ever show that it annoys you. Just go ahead, move on, and keep on playing.

  Tiger Woods

  Baseball, Moving, Yelling

  "No match for Tiger / Woods - and heckler - too much for Love to overcome" by Brian Murphy, www.sfgate.com. March 1, 2004.

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• I am always giving advice to young players about how things are, how important it is to work hard every day to reach the glory days.

  Milagros Cabral

  Hard Work, Giving, Advice

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• Eric Cantona is a great player, but he's not as good as Ryan Giggs

  Johan Cruijff

  Eric, Giggs, Cantona

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• To play well, you need good players, but a good player almost always has the problem of a lack of efficiency. He always wants to do things prettier than strictly necessary.

  Johan Cruijff

  Needs, Want, Problem

  "The 'Other' Football: A fond farewell to a 'Total' legend of the game, Johan Cruyff" by Justin Saj, www.foxnews.com. March 29, 2016.

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• In small space a player has to be capable of acting quickly. A good player who needs too much time can suddenly become a poor player.

  Johan Cruijff

  Space, Acting, Needs

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• I was one of seven, and we took a lot of road trips - long road trips. And this was before iPhones and iPads and DVD players in cars. I remember how novel it was when I got my own Walkman so I could listen to music.

  Amy Adams

  Iphone, Dvds, Ipads

  Interview with Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 6, 2013.

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• Scholes is the best English player. Intelligence, technique, strength... all the attributes are there. At Manchester United I saw what he could do on the training field. Phew!

  Laurent Blanc

  Training, Technique, Fields

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• I believe I inherited my sense of music from my father. My father was an ear piano player; he could just hear something and play it.

  Richie Havens

  Father, Believe, Piano

  "Folk singer Richie Havens dead at 72" by Alan Duke, www.cnn.com. April 23, 2013.

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• I think I'm a mama's boy who wanted to be a hockey player, who failed, and had to become a singer. I think that I'm a generous, impatient, kind, jerk.

  Michael Buble

  Hockey, Thinking, Boys

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• In today's retail environment, competition comes from every conceivable retail format. To succeed, we have to operate more efficiently and compete more effectively against players at all levels of the retail demographic. There is no question that this is a bold and exciting move, and one I believe will have a positive impact on competitive retailing for American consumers in the longer term.

  Bill Vaughan

  Moving, Believe, Impact

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• Jeff Kinney is tall and has a great smile, but dont be fooled, hes as slick as they come. A real player. And how he came up with a book that appeals to kids ages 8-13 baffles me. Hes an unbelievably kind man with a great family.

  Rachael Harris

  Real, Book, Kids

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• I dont like to waste notes, not even one. I like to put the right note in the right place, and my influences have always been those kinds of players. Keith Richards comes to mind, and I really like Nils Lofgrens soloing, because hes so melodic. I love John Lennons rhythm playing, and George Harrison was an incredible guitarist.

  Johnny Marr

  Mind, Keith, Waste

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• I was actually supposed to be a basketball player, not an actress. My parents had me playing basketball on competitive teams when I was in kindergarten. Even though my heart belongs to the arts, I'm a tomboy at heart, too.

  Zendaya

  Basketball, Art, Team

  "Zendaya: The “Shake It Up!” Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. August 29, 2011.

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• 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.

  Brian J. White

  Mother, Stars, Father

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• And I have been very blessed, having coached some of the greatest that have ever played the game. But if I had to start a team today, the greatest player and the one guy I would take would be Larry Bird.

  Red Auerbach

  Team, Blessed, Games

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• I played a bass player and a singer in a movie once, but I totally lip-synced to everything.

  Jessica Pare

  Bass, Singers, Lips

  "Q&A – Jessica Paré (Megan Draper)". Interview with Veronica Hsieh, www.amc.com. March 2012.

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• The best football players in the world still earn very little money compared to people who really earn money.

  Arsene Wenger

  Football, People, World

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