“It is important for students to get a - to be exposed to a variety of people. Just like you want football players, you want piccolo players, you want people from all over the country and different backgrounds.” PeopleWantImportantDifferentCountryPlayerStudentsFootballLike YouBackgroundsVarietyExposedFootball PlayerDifferent Backgrounds Author:Paul Gigot
“You can talk about strategy all you want, but what really matters is resilience. On the last nine holes of the Masters or the Open, there's going to come at least one point when you want to throw yourself in the nearest trash can and disappear. You know you can't hide. It's like you're walking down the fairway naked. The gallery knows what you've done, every other player knows and worst of all, you know. That's when you find out if you're a real competitor.” IfsKnowsWantRealMatterDoneLastsPlayerWorstMastersLike YouWalkingStrategyGolfDisappearResilienceNineHolesNakedCompetitorsTrashGalleryTrash Cans Author:Hale Irwin
“A dirty player is somebody who ultimately is trying to hurt somebody. There's a huge difference. There's no gray in that. Like, you have no conscience, no nothing, no guilt. I don't have that mean streak in me. I don't play angry. It's not anger.” TryingMeanPlayDifferencesHurtPlayerHugeLike YouConscienceAngryGuiltDirtyGrayStreaks Author:Ndamukong Suh
“Talent is to actors what luck is to card players. Its not really anything; its just a fictitious word that people have created and labeled things. Talent is like, you know, I never really believed in talent, I believed in drive and determination and preparation, but talent is sort of like luck.” PeopleKnowsActorsPlayerTalentLike YouDeterminationLuckCardsPreparationDrive And Determination Author:Shia LaBeouf
“When you work as a day player on a film or a TV thing, like you're visiting a foreign country, where you know a couple of words of the language and a few of the cultural abnormalities, but basically you're a stranger in a strange land.” KnowsCountryFilmLanguagePlayerLandStrangeTvsLike YouCoupleStrangerVisitingForeign CountriesAbnormalityStranger In A Strange Land Author:Anthony Heald
“To be a great band it's like you have that telepathy. You know when the bass player's in back of you without even looking. You know when your guitar player's coming up to you to lean up to you and sing into your microphone. You just know these things. You feel it. You feel the energy of it.” KnowsFeelsEnergyPlayerLike YouBandGuitarUp To YouBassGuitar PlayerMicrophonesTelepathyBass Players Author:Scott Weiland
“The first job I ever did in the theatre, I was supposed to be a genius piano player. I couldn't play the piano, but you just sit there at a piano like you're playing, and suddenly all this amazing music comes out and the audience believes you can do it. It's the same with computers. I love scenes where there are people yanking at monitors, "yes I'll put you through now," and you know they're just doing that. But you can look brilliant at all this technology. I love it.” PeopleKnowsFirstsBelieveLooksPlayJobsCan DoTechnologyAudiencePlayerLike YouGeniusSceneComputerTheatreBrilliantSupposed To BePianoYou Can Do ItBelieve You CanAmazing Music Author:Michael Sheen
“I can't be arsed with game players. I'm more 'I like you, do you like me? Let's go and do something about it.' I'm a very straightforward person like that.” PersonsI CanGamesPlayerLike YouLike MeStraightforwardI Like YouDo You Like Me Author:Amy Winehouse
“My favorite thing about coaching? Teaching. Being around young people, just watching a player grow and develop. You know, a young man comes in with dreams and goals and ambitions and just helping him reach (them). It's like your dad watching you grow up and like me watching my boys grow.” PeopleKnowsMenHelpingDreamYoungGrowsGoalBoysGrowing UpPlayerTeachingLike YouDadAmbitionMy FavoriteLike MeYoung ManCoachingFavorites ThingsYour DadMy BoysDreams And GoalsGoals And Ambitions Author:Tubby Smith
“I think people around you should feel like you're always approachable and always open. I mean, kindness - top of the list. And I like people who seem very grounded. That's a lovely quality in a leading player.” PeopleThinkingFeelsShouldMeanSeemsQualityKindnessPlayerLike YouListsLovelyGrounded Author:Erin Davie
“My standards are so high because of who I serve but it doesn't put any water on my fire for winning. I'm still an intense person. You can be intense and saved. You can compete and still be saved. You can challenge a guy and still be saved. There was nothing soft about me as a player and there isn't anything soft about me as a coach. You want to be a man of integrity and you want the players to know that you care about them. Whether or not they still like you or not is a whole other deal.” KnowsMenWantPersonsStillsWholeCareGuyWinningWaterChallengesDealsFirePlayerLike YouIntegrityStandardsCoachesSavedIntenseBe A ManMan Of Integrity Author:Avery Johnson
“It's the fault of the chess players themselves. I don't know what they used to be, but now they're not the most gentlemanly group. When it was a game played by the aristocrats it had more like you know dignity to it. When they used to have the clubs, like no women were allowed and everybody went in dressed in a suit, a tie, like gentlemen, you know. Now, kids come running in their sneakers. Even in the best chess club-and they got women in there. It's a social place and people are making noise, it's a madhouse.” PeopleKnowsRunningKidsUsedGamesSocialPlayerGroupsLike YouDignityFaultsClubsChessNoiseUsed To BeSuitsTiesGentlemanSneakersChess PlayersMadhousesGentlemanly Author:Bobby Fischer
“It's not easy to come somewhere new and have to find your place. You might feel someone doesn't like you, or you might need to find new friends. It's not easy, and I don't like this kind of thing. It's not easy, so you want to protect the players who are alone.” WantNeedsFeelsKindMightEasyPlayerLike YouProtectNew Friends Author:Fernando Torres
“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
“I also think you have to be very careful. I mean, the heritage of our company is very strong, and building some of these businesses into leading players is extremely tough. You and I can both build a trading business, and it looks like you're doing OK, and it looks like I'm doing OK. But, really, I am, and you aren't. It comes down to the quality of clients, quality of systems, quality of risk controls.” ThinkingLooksMeanI CanStrongQualityCompanyPlayerRiskBuildingLike YouToughCarefulHeritageVery StrongClientsTrading Author:Jamie Dimon
“There are other forms of community-based decision-making, not unlike, you know, our elected bodies, except that the intention here is to exclude pay-to-play players from determining how these decisions are made.” KnowsMadePlayBodyFormCommunityDecisionPayPlayerLike YouIntentionDecision Making Author:Jill Stein
“The best players I've coached make really hard things look easy. Like you may say, well, that was easy, and then, well, go try it. You think it's so easy, go ahead and do it.” ThinkingTryingWellsLooksMayHardEasyPlayerLike YouBest PlayersHard Things Author:John Calipari
“If you are getting into coaching right out of college, you're not one of the coaches because you're not really, like, a coach yet. You're someone who's in limbo all the time. Navigating that is not easy. If you try to be too much like a player, then the coaches are like, You're not too serious about coaching. If you're going to be too much like a coach, the players are not going to confide in anything.” IfsTryingEasyToo MuchPlayerCollegeSeriousLike YouCoachesCoachingLimbo Author:Geno Auriemma
“There is a lot of pressure on tennis players like other sports that are singular like you're not on a team. When all the pressure rides on your shoulders, it can be a lot different. Team sports you share those moments with the teammates. You share the pressures. You share the wins. You share the losses. You have a coach that can change the course of matches. But in tennis you're out there by yourself. There are no caddies. There are no coaches. You do it alone in the arena and I think that ups the ante a little bit.” ThinkingDifferentMomentsWinningSportsLossPlayerTeamShareLike YouCoachesTennisTeammateTennis Player Author:Jim Courier