“We can no longer ignore the stupidity of the hits that are still happening today despite the fact that the players know the concussion aspect is such a big part of the game and sports in general.” KnowsStillsFactsBigsTodayGamesSportsPlayerHappeningsAspectStupidityDespiteNhlConcussionsSports In General Author:Jeremy Roenick
“There's this total manwhore phenomenon happening, where even the geeks are player now. It's like Manhattan is this giant playground and guys want to keep playing forever.” WantGuyForeverPlayerHappeningsGiantsPhenomenonGeekManhattanPlaygrounds Book:Take Me There Source: Take Me There
“Basically, you're still sitting there using just the muscles of your hand, really. Of one hand, actually. It's another example of the transfer of literacy to making music because the assumption is that everything important is happening in your head; the muscles are there simply to serve the head. But that isn't how traditional players work at all; musicians know that their muscles have a lot of stuff going on as well. They're using their whole body to make music, in fact.” KnowsWellsStillsImportantWholeFactsBodyHandsStuffPlayerExampleMusicianMusic IsHappeningsSittingTraditionalAssumptionMusclesLiteracyTransfers Author:Brian Eno
“I have a senior staff meeting every day, with key personnel who interface with the players - coaches, the medical staff, our analyst department. This is a useful exercise as it means we are all across what is happening and they are aware of my expectations.” MeanPlayerKeysExerciseHappeningsExpectationsMeetingsMedicalCoachesDepartmentStaffSeniorAnalystsPersonnelInterfaces Author:Brendan Rodgers
“He has an awareness of what's happening around him on the edge of the box which is better than most players. As a kid he always had a knack of arriving in the penalty area just at the right time, but he's proving just as effective from outside the box because he's using his experience in the right way. It doesn't matter who I am thinking about bringing into my midfield, Paul Scholes will be included, as he would in any side in the world.” ThinkingWorldWayMatterKidsSidesPlayerAwarenessProveHappeningsAreasEdgesBoxesWho I AmPenaltiesRight WayRight TimeArrivingKnackOutside The BoxScholesPaul Scholes Author:Alex Ferguson
“Everybody wants to be a professional baseball player and, sure, as a kid, I wanted to do that. But once I got cut from my high school team, I figured there wasn't much chance of that ever happening. I'm still in awe of it.” WantStillsKidsWantedSchoolChanceCuttingPlayerTeamHappeningsHigh SchoolBaseballAweBaseball Player Author:Mark Buehrle
“You always want to be able to convey items of interest, items that make the fan see what's happening, help them in their conversations of comparing teams or players and then be able to back it up to open his eyes to the history of the league.” WantHelpingEyeAbleInterestPlayerTeamFansConversationHappeningsCompareLeagueHis EyesItems Author:Hubie Brown
“My mum says I wanted to be a surgeon, but I don't remember that. I think from the time I knew what was happening, I wanted to be a guitar player.” ThinkingWantedRememberPlayerHappeningsGuitarMumSurgeonsGuitar Player Author:Brian May
“Turkey in general became too involved with what is happening in Egypt and in Syria. Some politicians with neo-Ottoman dreams developed this idea of being a major player in the Middle East, which hasn't gone as expected.” IdeasDreamGonePlayerMiddleInvolvedPoliticianMajorsHappeningsEastExpectedMiddle EastSyriaEgyptTurkeysOttomans Author:Elif Safak
“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.” KnowsWorldHappensTurnsSpeakPlayerHappeningsSatanSynagogue Author:Louis Farrakhan
“As a young rookie NFL player, you go to the rookie symposium and the one thing they tell you is, "You guys know what the NFL stands for?" Everybody looks around like, "National Football League...?" The guy's like, "Nope - Not For Long." They tell you right there to get prepared for your second life. You take that in, and I've always been one to prepare early, to see ahead and anticipate and believe in great things happening, and they do. I'd already known that concept and appreciated that concept, but for me, I was always going to be here for a while. I just believed in that.” KnowsBelieveLooksLongYoungGuyKnownPlayerOne ThingFootballHappeningsConceptsPreparedThings HappenGreat ThingsLeagueNflAppreciatedAnticipateJust BelieveRookiesNfl PlayersSymposium Author:Russell Wilson