“I like to be able to control which players I'm working with. Because it doesn't matter how good a coach you are if the guys you're working with think they already know it all. You need a response, you need to feel they're trying. I want players who are always striving to improve.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantNeedsFeelsTryingMatterAbleGuyPlayerResponseStriveCoachesKnow It All Author:Gordon Strachan
“But in my mind, I don't think there's any question Sidney Crosby is the best all-around player in the game. His hockey sense is so strong and so solid, combined with his God-gifted talent of being able to see the ice, see the entire picture in front of him. And, most importantly, I don't care how good you are, if you don't have a work ethic, it doesn't matter. There's no question that each and every game, he's one of the hardest-working guys on the ice. In my mind, he's the best player in the game today.” IfsThinkingMindMatterCareTodayAbleGuyGamesStrongPlayerTalentFrontsEthicsDon't CareHardestIceI Don't CareHockeyGiftedWork EthicBest PlayersCrosby Author:Wayne Gretzky
“I'm a self-taught musician aside from what I've been able to pick up from other players.” SelfAblePlayerTaughtMusicianPicksSelf Taught Author:Walter Becker
“A player's effectiveness is directly related to his ability to be right there, doing that thing, in the moment. He can't be worrying about the past or the future or the crowd or some other extraneous event. He must be able to respond in the here and now.” MomentsAblePastAbilityWorryPlayerEventsCrowdsRelatedHere And NowEffectivenessWorrying About The Past Author:John Brodie
“Players will be able to adjust the volume from 1 to 100 in increments of 1. You could play the game 100 times and have an entirely different experience.” DifferentPlayAbleGamesPlayerVolumeDifferent Experiences Author:Peter Molyneux
“It seems the baseball player of today will not be satisfied until he plays two weeks in the big league and is able to retire at twenty-two.” TwoPlayBigsSeemsTodayAblePlayerWeekBaseballTwentiesSatisfiedLeagueRetiringTwo WeeksBaseball PlayerTwenty Two Author:Joe Garagiola
“I was doing all the coaching schools so that I'd be able to stay in the game, and I gave myself a chance by doing that. I was only an average player, could score a goal or two, that sort of thing, but I wasn't a Bobby Charlton or a Messi, or Ronaldo. There are very, very few really great players who have become great coaches.” TwoAbleSchoolGamesGoalChancePlayerAverageCoachesCoachingScoreReally GreatMessiGreat Coach Author:Alex Ferguson
“Baseball players or cricketers do not need to be able to solve explicitly the non-linear differential equations which govern the flight of the ball. They just catch it.” NeedsAblePlayerBaseballBallsSolveFlightEquationsLinearBaseball PlayerCricketersDifferential Equations Author:Paul Ormerod
“Ultimately, all I wanted was for players to feel like they were in the real world. I wanted them to be able to apply real world common sense to the problems confronting them, and I thought recreating real world locations would encourage that kind of thinking. There's also just a real power, a real thrill, when you fire up a game and see a place you've been or want to go, and then get to do all the stuff you WANT to do there but know you'll get arrested if you try! If that isn't the stuff of fantasy - far more than exploring some goofy dwarven mine or alien spaceship - I don't know what is!” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldWantFeelsTryingKindRealProblemAbleWantedGamesStuffCommonFantasyFirePlayerMinesCommon SenseAliensReal WorldExploringLocationThrillArrestedSpaceshipsConfrontingGoofyReal Power Author:Warren Spector