Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tracy Austin

By the time I was 9, I was frequently asked to play exhibitions at grand openings, fund-raisers for charities, and other special events.

Torii Hunter

You name it, I've got it. Some players have to be 100 percent (to play), but I don't.

Torii Hunter

I go out every day and try to play great defense. I know my hitting will improve.

Steve Young

When you play quarterback in San Francisco, not much goes under the radar.

Steve Waugh

There is no shame being beaten by such a great player, Sachin is perhaps only next to the Don

Steve Zahn

PlayStation 3 is another form of meditation. Come on, when you're on set, all day? That's what I do in my trailer, I just play PlayStation 3.

Steve Yzerman

It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six franchise. I know I'm far from perfect, but I learned a lot.

Steve Yzerman

I don't know that I'd agree I was our best player.

Steve Vai

Play slow and perfect - that’s the way to becoming a virtuoso.

Steve Vai

You know, there's times when you should play and there's times when you gotta hold back.

Steve Vai

The classical guitar has a dynamic to it unlike a regular acoustic guitar or an electric guitar. You know, there's times when you should play and there's times when you gotta hold back. It's an extremely dynamic instrument.

Vince Gill

Music is like having a conversation. All musicians inspire each other, and they're all geared to play something that matters.

Vince Vaughn

Rule #76: No excuses. Play like a champion!

Maggie Gyllenhaal

I'm still trying to figure out what the right line is between myself and the people I play. Sometimes I go too far one way or too far the other.

Maggie Stiefvater

we're watchers of this world aren't we? not players

Maggie Stiefvater

Then I began to play. Variations on a G major chord, the most wonderful chord known to mankind, infinitely happy. I could live inside a G major chord, with Grace, if she was willing. Everything uncomplicated and good about me could be summed up by that chord.

Lynn Nottage

Plays are getting smaller and smaller, not because playwrights minds are shrinking but because of the economics.

Lynn Swann

Some people play very, very well just so they won't get embarrassed.

Lynn Swann

Players today are concerned about the money, but the large dollars only go to those players who are the best.

Harbhajan Singh

You need to understand the batsman, where he plays his shot usually, which is his release shot, and then change the angle, vary the pace, line and length. You cannot always react after being at the receiving end.

Hans Zimmer

If I play you a piece of music, that's when you can truly look inside me.

Karl Lagerfeld

I prefer to be in a video than to play with it.

Karl Lagerfeld

I only know how to play one role: me.

Julius Peppers

I want to be my own player. I want to be Julius Peppers. I don't want to be the next Lawrence Taylor. I don't want to have to live with his legacy.

Julius Peppers

Right now I feel like playing as long as I can, As long as my body will allow me to play I'm going to continue to play.

Otto Rehhagel

When I arrived the players were talented, but did not obey the rules... Once they understood what they needed to, they could express themselves.

Otto von Bismarck

I do not regard the procuring of peace as a matter in which we should play the role of arbiter between different opinions ... more that of an honest broker who really wants to press the business forward.

Kapil Dev

Dhoni backed Jadeja to play aggressively and backed Ishant to bowl short. I have not seen a better Indian captain than him.

Warren Gatland

For me coaching was all about being involved, and taking the best qualities from the coaches I had as a player and moulding them into my own personality.

Warren Gatland

Whereas a good player might do something really good in a game, a great player might do something two or three times in a row. That's what great players do, but they also work incredibly hard off the field in terms of the extra effort they've put into making sure their own performance gets better.

Warren Gatland

As a coach, I want players to challenge me, to question me and ask why we're doing a certain thing, so they feel that they're taking ownership.

Warren Moon

I was always geared towards either wanting to finish number one or be number one as far as the best player that I could be, or be the best player at my position in the league. I wanted that to be a constant reminder to my teammates that they looked to their leader who is wearing that number, this is what you should strive for as well.

Ronald Reagan

We can not play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.