“What I would pay much more attention to are the few points where the player can inadvertently make a career decision. Most players end up back-tracking, though some actually enjoy this.” EndsEnjoyDecisionPayAttentionCareersPlayerTracking Author:Graham Nelson
“I've played a baseball player a few times, but in my career I've been blessed to have played a wide range of characters.” CharacterCareersPlayerBaseballBlessedWideRangeBaseball Player Author:Daniel Sunjata
“I think all tennis players have to struggle through the early stages of their career. We start off playing tournaments and really just get by. I always had a dream to play in the big tournaments and never have doubted if it was worth it. Having to battle a little early on in my career makes it all the more worthwhile now.” IfsThinkingLittlesPlayDreamBigsCareersStrugglePlayerStageBattleTennisWorthwhileWorth ItTournamentsDoubtedTennis Player Author:Samantha Stosur
“I think most players would love, at one stage in their career, to say, 'I've been No. 1 in the world.” ThinkingWorldCareersPlayerStage Author:Andy Murray
“Milan is my favorite team. Every weekend I check the Serie A results to see how Milan fared. Milan has really great players, like Seedorf, Ibra, Pato and Thiago Silva. Then there is Nesta who is a great champion, it's enough just to look at his career.” LooksEnoughResultsCareersPlayerTeamMy FavoriteChecksChampionWeekendReally GreatMilan Author:Mamadou Sakho
“He's helped me do so much in my career, helped me be the player that I am. If there's no Larry Brown, then there's no MVP, Allen Iverson.” IfsCareersPlayerBrownLarryMvp Author:Allen Iverson
“The most direct path to achievement whether you're an entrepreneur, a company executive, or a pro soccer player is to be a great performer and a great team member. This is also the secret to a meaningful career and self-fulfillment.” SelfSecretCompanyCareersPathPlayerTeamMembersAchievementDirectEntrepreneurMeaningfulSoccerFulfillmentExecutivesPerformersGreat TeamSoccer PlayerTeam MemberSelf Fulfillment Author:Maynard Webb
“I feel fortunate that there was a place like the CFL where I could hone my skill and become a consistent football player and have a nice career.” FeelsCareersNicePlayerFootballSkillsFortunateConsistentFootball Player Author:Darren Flutie
“Early in my career, I had no consistency. Now I'm the most consistent player on the tour. It feels pretty good.” FeelsCareersPlayerConsistentConsistency Author:Roger Federer
“I was never happy that my injuries cut my career short and ultimately forced my decision to step away from tennis. I have enjoyed my time away from the court, a period that has allowed me to experience a different side of life. However, I miss the game and the challenge of competing at the highest level of tennis, and I want to gauge whether I can stay healthy and compete against today's top players.” WantI CanDifferentTodayGamesSidesChallengesDecisionLevelsStepsCareersCuttingPlayerMissingPeriodsHealthyHighestCourtEnjoyedMy TimeTennisInjuryCompetingGaugesDifferent SidesTime Away Author:Martina Hingis
“Early in my career when we went to golf tournaments and charity dinners I noticed businessmen and executives would give the players their cards. Well, they're giving you their cards for a reason. I said to my wife, 'All the guys get these cards and then when they get to the parking lot they rip them up or throw them away. It's really weird.' My wife .. said maybe you should just sign a picture and mail it to them. You know, 'Great playing golf with you,' or whatever. So, I did and lo and behold some of those guys I sent pictures to way back then are now CEOs at big companies.” KnowsWayGivingShouldWellsSaidReasonBigsGuyCompanyCareersWifePlayerGolfCharityDinnerMy WifeCardsExecutivesMailCeoBusinessmanRipTournamentsParkingPlaying GolfReally WeirdParking LotBig CompaniesGolf Tournaments Author:Tie Domi
“By the end of his career, he [Steve Jobs] has proven that he can do the impossible, and he has gathered probably the most loyal team of eight players of any business in America.” EndsJobsAmericaCan DoCareersPlayerImpossibleTeamEightLoyalProven Author:Walter Isaacson
“You like to live life without regret but that’s what the good Lord intended for me – that’s just the way it was. My goal was to make it in the NFL, I played with a lot of great players in college who went on to have illustrious, incredible careers and in the end it just didn’t happen for me. I failed at that.” WayEndsHappensGoalLordCareersPlayerCollegeRegretIncrediblesLive LifeNfl Author:Dwayne Johnson
“It's a horrible part of the game when you have to tell a player, probably somebody who has helped you win so much that his time is up. You treat them like family, and because they are your family it becomes even more hurting in the sense that you have got to say "well son, I'm sorry, you won't be a regular here, but you will still have a career elsewhere.' It's happened more than a few times but it is not an easy thing to handle.” WellsStillsGamesWinningEasyHurtCareersPlayerHappenedSonTreatsSorryHandleHorribleOur FamilyElsewhereI'm SorryEasy ThingsLike Family Author:Alex Ferguson
“It is customary for columnists to complain about the excesses of Premiership footballers, whenever - as happens regularly - there is an incident involving some combination of sex, drugs, drink, violence and the constabulary. But modern footballers have a lot of both money and disposable time, a combination that has proved a recipe for personal disaster throughout history. And these incidents take place generally round night clubs rather than football clubs. The average Premiership player who turned up for work drunk would have a career-expectancy measurable in minutes.” HappensNightSexCareersPlayerViolenceModernMinutesFootballDrinkDrugRoundsAverageClubsComplainingDisasterDrunkSoccerCombinationAnalysisExcessRecipesIncidentsInvolvingFootballerDisposableColumnistsExpectancyFootball ClubsNight ClubSex Drugs Author:Matthew Engel
“What happened in the United changing room has happened to me 50 times in my career. I have kicked bottles of mineral water, bags and shoes but I never hit a player. It's a question of technique, and the Scots must have a better technique.” WaterUnitedRoomsCareersPlayerHappenedFootballShoesTechniqueManagersSoccerBagsBottlesChairmanMineralsScotsMineral Water Author:Marcello Lippi
“Over analyse, paralyse, you mustn't over analyse... Do you wake up at four in the morning and wonder who should be playing left-back? Four? I would love to sleep that long. If you want a really long career you have to find a way of switching off. I do it when I'm out walking my dog, Alex Ferguson got into horses, others get into wine. Some players like going shopping, which is not my scene. A lot of them turn to golf. I tried it, didn't like it. I have to walk. If I couldn't I'd be in a padded cell by now.” IfsWayWantShouldLongTurnsLeftSleepWalksWonderCareersMorningFourPlayerDogFootballWalkingSceneHorseWake UpWineGolfCellsManagersSoccerShoppingMy DogChairmanAlexReally LongSwitchingFergusonLong CareersSwitching Off Author:Roy Keane
“I'm at the stage of my career when it's not only about winning and developing players, it's about having fun. That's a void in your life right now, but it's something you're going to have here.” WinningFunSportsCareersPlayerStageRight NowDevelopingHaving FunVoid Author:Rick Pitino
“This is a tragedy for the players. Their careers are short and this is money and opportunity they'll never get back.” OpportunityCareersPlayerTragedyGet BackNhlNhl Lockout Author:Gary Bettman
“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.” HandsLastsThreeGamesCareersFourPlayerMinesBattleBasketballReally GreatVeteranThursdayPickupsGreat Battle Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.” LongParentActingCompanyCareersPlayerFeetLandStageIndiaEnglandPerformingCourtesyUp And Down Author:Felicity Kendal
“How wonderful it is to celebrate a 27 years career! When you moved from basket ball to music, the world of sports lost a great player, but music won a great singer. You transmit good vibrations, a wonderful energy on the stage.” WorldYearsEnergyLostSportsCareersPlayerWonderfulStageBallsMovedSingersCelebrateVibrationsBasketsTransmitGood Vibrations Author:Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira
“You have different levels of players. There's are Premier League, international and world-class levels. The world-class level is players at the peak of their career and there's only maybe 50 maximum in the whole world. Stevie moved from a Premier League player to an international player and then world class.” WorldDifferentWholeLevelsClassCareersPlayerMovedInternationalWhole WorldLeagueMaximumDifferent LevelsWorld ClassPremier League Author:Gerard Houllier
“Like so many of the players, I started at La Masia at the age of 11. I can't ever imagine not playing for Barcelona, let alone not playing soccer for a career. I don't ever want to play anywhere else.” WantI CanPlayAgeCareersImaginePlayerSoccerBarcelonaPlaying Soccer Author:Xavi
“Seeing the same coverages, the same personnel, and for us to change the whole scenery, and bring somebody else in that’s necessarily competitive, a professional competitiveness, where guys are respecting each other’s careers, but yet are getting better. For us to come out here and a get a win, I think it helped us with those practices.” ThinkingWholeGuyWinningCareersPracticePlayerSeeingGet BetterCoverageSceneryCompetitivenessPersonnel Author:Cam Newton
“Joe DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw. His career can not be summed up in numbers and awards. It might sound corny, but he had a profound and lasting impact on the country.” CountryMightSoundNumbersCareersSawsPlayerImpactProfoundLastingAwardsCan NotCornyLasting Impact Author:Ted Williams