Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Wooden

I always talked to my players about today. It's the only day that matters.

John Wooden

A coach's primary function should be not to make better players, but to make better people

Mario Lemieux

Once I'm at the arena with the guys in the dressing room, and in the bus, and on the plane, I'm a player. And I sit in the back with the players and I play cards and try to take their money.

Mario Lemieux

Everybody I talked to - from my friends to my family and some of the players - really gave me a lot of support from the start. And that certainly made me feel good about trying to come back and be one of the best again.

Mario Balotelli

I want to be the strongest player in the world and score a lot of goals. To do that, I have to improve in every area.

Mario Balotelli

I know some players like being the centre of attention and I admit that when I first became a player I liked fame, too. But that feeling lasted only for three months. Then I realised what it was really like to be the centre of attention all the time. It isn't all good.

Martina Hingis

The top players talk more now, and we have more meetings. We're just trying to get things better. But we still need somebody who could make a difference.

Michael Chang

That's what really seems to be the more difficult aspect - to have the men break through and challenge the best players in the world.

Michel Patini

Messi is the great player of this generation, like there were great players in other generations.

Michael J. Fox

The oldest form of theater is the dinner table. It's got five or six people, new show every night, same players. Good ensemble; the people have worked together a lot.

Michael Jordan

There will be a player greater than me.

Michael Jordan

I think the players win the championship, and the organization has something to do with it, don't get me wrong. But don't try to put the organization above the players.

Martin Sorrell

Formula One is not just multinationals. It's also about national players wanting to get global coverage.

Mark Prior

My parents didn't raise me to be a professional player. They raised me to be a good person.

Louis Farrakhan

Once the world sees this Synagogue of Satan as it really is and knows the players, they fear what will happen to them. The world will turn against them and that is happening now as we speak.

Lleyton Hewitt

Tennis players go into a press conference, and almost every one of them is the same. We do very little differently on a day-to-day basis.

Lleyton Hewitt

Even when I was No. 1 in the world, I was taking it one match at a time. I never was a player to look too far ahead, the way draws can pan out.

Michael Jordan

The players today reflect how much the game has evolved and changed both in style and culture. The game now has a wider appeal to a larger market.

Mia Hamm

When players go out and train on their own, they usually do it at half speed. This kind of training is valuable, but it doesn't prepare you for competition, where you must perform at full throttle. So the trick is to schedule regular sessions of intense practice, while always leaving time to juggle and generally goof around with the ball

Michael K. Simpson

Players have a great deal of flexibility when conducting diplomatic relations with their allies.

Markus Zusak

The nightmares arrived like they always did, much like the best player in the opposition when you've heard rumors that he might be injured or sick-but there he is, warming up with the rest of them, ready to take the field.

L.T. is fast. It takes 11 players to stop him. If 11 players are on the same page, then it's cool. But it's going to be very hard.

Scouting is something I'll be able to do later, but a player can play only so long.

Tim Purpura

Scouting and player development are the R&D of baseball,

She's so unselfish and such a team player that we have to remind her to look to score.

Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

Dubai's world class physical infrastructure has already established it as a major player in terms of trade tourism and as the leading conference and exhibition venue in this part of the world.

Robbie Robertson

I feel so lucky to have been in a group where it was a real band. This wasn't a singer and guitar player and some other guys.

Right now, if we're voting for player of the year, he has my vote.

Rifle seemed to play really well. They had different players step up at different times.

I am sure the pride of the Clermont players will be strong at home.

Dick Vermeil

Now the players are going to say we don't need to practice on Thursday.

Darcy Tucker

I don't think it was necessarily just the players' decision. I think (Hartley) should be accountable, but that's not for me to say. It's tough to prove something like that and I'm sure their players aren't going to say anything.

Jaromir Jagr

I don't think I've seen a better player shoot the one-timer. It was a gift.