“One thing I think you have to do here at Wisconsin is maximize your personnel. From the standpoint of getting our best players out there, you've really got to make sure you're not burying anybody at a position.” ThinkingPlayerOne ThingPositionStandpointBest PlayersPersonnelWisconsinBurying Author:Bret Bielema
“But before Derby go, would they mind telling the rest of the Premier League - the league which it has debased with its pathetically-inadequate presence for the past 12 months - where the money has gone? You know, the £30m or so in prize money that every team, even the one at the bottom of the table from August to May, automatically receives by being in the Premier League... So what happened to that money? Or put another way, why was such a meaningless fraction of it spent on recruiting new players? It's one thing not to compete; it's quite another not to even attempt to do so.” KnowsWayMindMayPastGonePlayerHappenedOne ThingTeamFootballMonthsTablesBottomSoccerAnalysisLeaguePrizeMeaninglessAnother WayInadequateAugustFractionsPremier LeagueDerbyPrize Money Author:Pete Gill
“Only one thing can stop Luis Suarez from being voted as the Players' Player of the Year... his fellow players.” YearsPlayerOne ThingFellowsSuarez Author:Jamie Redknapp
“One thing I learned in the NBA is that the No. 1 job of a general manager is to keep his job. They are only 30 positions where you make millions and hang around with basketball players all day.” JobsMillionsPlayerOne ThingPositionBasketballManagersNbaBasketball PlayerGeneral Manager Author:Mark Cuban
“I have one goal with all my decision: to do whatever is needed to win today's game. I'm loyal to my players, and I stick with people because consistency builds confidence. But if I feel I have to make a change in order to win, I'll do it. I don't ask players to like my decisions, only to accept that I'm doing my job with one thing in mind - winning.” PeopleIfsFeelsMindTodayJobsOrderAsksGamesWinningGoalDecisionAcceptingPlayerOne ThingNeededSticksLoyalConsistencyMaking ChangesBuilding Confidence Book:Joe Torre's ground rules for winners: 12 keys to managing team players, tough bosses, setbacks, and success Source: Joe Torre's ground rules for winners: 12 keys to managing team players, tough bosses, setbacks, and success
“Today's baseball players are walking conglomerates. They have fantastic salaries, multiple investments, but we had one thing they don't have today, the train ride. We didn't always like it, but those rides kept us close as a team and as friends. Something you can't get on a two hour plane ride that used to take you fifteen hours on a train.” TwoTodayUsedHoursPlayerOne ThingTeamWalkingBaseballTrainInvestmentFantasticPlanesMultipleFifteenSalaryBaseball PlayerPlane Rides Author:Duke Snider
“One thing people often want me to talk about is my public love life. When it comes to my love life, the perception seems as though I am a player. But that’s not true. Love is something I am still learning. It’s just an obstacle that I haven’t yet mastered. I think that’s my biggest hurdle in life.” PeopleThinkingWantStillsSeemsLove IsPlayerOne ThingHavensPerceptionObstaclesLove LifeWant MeHurdleTrue Love Is Author:Chris Brown
“One thing that I learned is this - once a Braves fan, always a Braves fan. No matter what. And as a player, that means more than you could understand.” MeanMatterPlayerOne ThingFansNo Matter WhatBrave Author:Tim Hudson
“I think people who basically do one thing like Eric Clapton is great. But I've always enjoyed playing different kinds of music and playing with different kinds of musicians because I find that really interesting, like learning and working with Kip Hanrahan. There's a great conga player called Milton Cardona and he taught me a lot of the nuances, he's a Santeria Priest and so he knows his onions as it were.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindDifferentInterestingPlayerOne ThingTaughtMusicianEnjoyedPriestsDifferent KindsReally InterestingNuanceEricOnionsMiltonDifferent Kinds Of MusicCongas Author:Jack Bruce
“Get your education. The number of guys who are blessed to be in the league is so small compared to the number of high school players [who want to play in the league]. But one thing you can do is get your college education. If you are blessed enough to get a scholarship to play college basketball, make sure you get your college degree, too, then move on from there.” IfsWantEnoughPlaySchoolMovingGuyCan DoNumbersPlayerOne ThingCollegeBasketballDegreesHigh SchoolBlessedLeagueScholarshipCollege EducationCollege DegreeCollege Basketball Author:Tim Duncan
“It's the one thing that the Devils have always prided themselves on. That comes from recruiting. We try and pick out the players who not only have the on-ice skills, but the off-ice skills too. I think in any job, if you have good people and you work together, you work better.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingTogetherJobsPlayerOne ThingSkillsPicksDevilIceWorking TogetherGood People Author:Gerad Adams
“The one thing about players today is that they're very sensitive, and very fragile. They didn't grow up with tough coaches.” TodayGrowsGrowing UpPlayerOne ThingToughCoachesSensitiveFragile Author:Doug Collins
“As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that's all you would read about in the papers all over the country. We have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it.” PeopleCountryUsedDecisionPlayerWonderfulOne ThingPaperAthleteCoachesPapersWonderful ThingsBad Decision Author:Lou Holtz
“The one thing that has gotten worse for sports media is access. We hardly get to see, talk to and most of all get to know the players and coaches anymore.” KnowsSportsPlayerOne ThingMediaAccessCoaches Author:J. A. Adande