“Each player, it will be observed, has eight superior Pieces or officers, and eight minor ones which are called Pawns; and, for the purpose of distinction, the Pieces and Pawns of one party are of a different color from those of the other.” DifferentPurposePartyPiecesPlayerColorEightSuperiorsDistinctionOfficersMinorsPawnsDifferent Colors Book:The Chess-player's Handbook: A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess Source: The Chess-player's Handbook: A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess
“John McEnroe...was arguably the best serve-and-volley man of all time, but then McEnroe was an exception to pretty much every predictive norm there was. At his peak (say 1980 to 1984), he was the greatest tennis player who ever lived-the most talented, the most beautiful, the most tormented: a genius. For me, watching McEnroe don a blue polyester blazer and do stiff lame truistic color commentary for TV is like watching Faulkner do a Gap ad.” MenBeautifulSportsPlayerColorTvsGeniusBlueAll TimeTennisExceptionGapsAdsNormCommentaryLameTennis PlayerBlazersVolley Author:David Foster Wallace
“I've always been fascinated by music and sounds. I was lucky to receive proper classical training as an orchestra player and I'm always learning as a composer, looking to create new flavors and colors.” SoundPlayerColorLuckyTrainingFascinatedComposerFlavorOrchestraAlways Learning Author:Lior Ron
“So [Polaroid's Dr. Edwin] Land, at 75, went off to spend the remainder of his life doing pure science, trying to crack the code of color vision. The man is a national treasure. I don't understand why people like that can't be held up as models: This is the most incredible thing to be - not an astronaut, not a football player - but this.” PeopleMenTryingVisionPlayerLandFootballColorHe ManPureModelsIncrediblesTreasureCodeCracksDrsAstronautFootball PlayerPolaroidsNational Treasure Author:Steve Jobs
“I can honestly say that in my time in America, I have not encountered any racism. When Jim Thorpe and I make fun of each other on the range, or even when a white player makes a joke about my color, I take it as what it is-a joke-and give it back accordingly.” GivingI CanAmericaFunWhitePlayerColorRacismJokesHonestlyRangeMy Time Author:Vijay Singh
“I'm an unbelievable designer. I don't know how I know and just do these things. I just start sketching and then I just know the colors and I always know the forecast. I know green and purple are going to be hot. I was born to be a designer. I worked hard to be a tennis player, I don't work hard to be a designer.” KnowsHardBornKnow HowPlayerColorHard WorkHotGreenDesignerTennisUnbelievablePurpleForecastsTennis PlayerSketching Author:Serena Williams
“It's not like you're being fake, it's just the way you color it, like a guitar player uses pedals or different effects. That's why I get so mad about people who are down on vocal reverb. It's not a crutch, people, it's an aesthetic choice!” PeopleWayDifferentUseChoicesPlayerEffectsColorLike YouMadGuitarFakeAestheticVocalGuitar PlayerCrutchesPedals Author:Kelly Hogan
“What I found fascinating was just how quickly the best of the young Negro League players were drafted into the major leagues once Branch Rickey broke the color line by hiring Jackie Robinson. It was clear that all of the major league owners already knew the talents of the black ballplayers that they had refused to let into their league.” YoungFoundBlackLinesClearPlayerTalentColorMajorsBrokeLeagueBranchesFascinatingOwnersHiringJackieMajor League Author:Walter Dean Myers
“Allah says in the Qur'an not to despise one another. So the criterion in Islam is not color or social status. It's who is most righteous. If I go to a mosque - and I'm a basketball player with money and prestige - if I go to a mosque and see an imam, I feel inferior. He's better than me. It's about knowledge.” IfsFeelsSocialPlayerColorBasketballIslamDespiseRighteousInferiorsCriteriaPrestigeBasketball PlayerMosquesSocial Status Author:Hakeem Olajuwon