“For inspiration I look to those great players who consistently found original ways to shock their opponents. None did this better than the eighth world champion, Mikhail Tal. The "Magician of Riga" rose to become champion in 1960 at age twenty-three and became famous for his aggressive, volatile play.” WorldWayLooksPlayInspirationAgeThreeFoundPlayerTwentiesOriginalsRoseChampionOpponentsShockAggressiveConsistentlyMagician1960sWorld Champions Author:Garry Kasparov
“As a hockey player, playing for an Original Six team at Madison Square Garden, where its packed every night, theres nothing like it.” NightPlayerTeamSixGardenOriginalsHockeySquaresEvery NightMadisonHockey PlayerMadison Square Garden Author:Carl Hagelin
“It was about finding creative, original musicians. Musicians who are strong composers. Flexible, empathetic musicians, who are great individually but who also have a great sense for cooperation and collaboration, great listeners as well as great players.” WellsStrongCreativePlayerFindingsMusicianOriginalsCollaborationCooperationComposerListenersFlexibleEmpatheticCooperation And Collaboration Author:Joshua Redman
“Another factor is that in terms of the original compositions, this is our strongest year yet. Everyone wrote a fantastic piece and everyone really had a greater sense of how to write for this band -- not only for this particular instrumentation, but for these particular players. Each year, the reality is getting closer to the ideal of a collective.” WritingYearsRealityTermGreaterPiecesPlayerParticularBandIdealsOriginalsFactorsFantasticCollectivesStrongestCompositionInstrumentation Author:Joshua Redman
“You might pick up some influences from another type of music that you wouldn't normally think of, but, you know, maybe as a guitar player, it will come out in your improvisational style, maybe as a song writer it might come out in your note choices, or in your melodic choices, and it just helps to making your music that much more original and unique.” ThinkingKnowsHelpingMightSongChoicesPlayerInfluenceStyleTypeUniquePicksOriginalsNotesGuitarGuitar Player Author:John Petrucci
“I don't have any [specific] intelligence about a Vice-Disney deal, but I do know that everybody's nervous about these emerging players, who can come in and have enough attractive, original content to take market share.” KnowsEnoughDealsPlayerShareOriginalsVicesNervousAttractiveEmerging Author:Maria Bartiromo
“We had Bob's [Gordon] records, and he's on Clifford Brown's first record as a leader. I believe it was Clifford Brown's first record as a leader and had the original versions of Daahoud and Joy Spring that were arranged by Bob's best friend, the West Coast tenor player named Jack Montrose, who I later met.” FirstsBelieveJoyI BelieveLeaderRecordsPlayerMetsSpringOriginalsWestVersionsBrownBobCoastWest CoastTenors Author:Jon Gordon
“In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!” ThinkingLittlesCharacterPlayerBasketballOriginalsScriptsBoxersBasketball Player Author:Eddie Murphy
“It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six franchise. I know I'm far from perfect, but I learned a lot.” KnowsPlayPerfectPlayerHonorSixRedOriginalsWingsDetroitRed Lips Author:Steve Yzerman