“I do my own analysis on the teams I am refereeing. I will know some of the personalities, the players who could be difficult customers in a scrum situation, the ones I am going to have to really work hard on early in the game to get what I want.” KnowsWantHardGamesDifficultMy OwnSituationPlayerTeamHard WorkPersonalityCustomersAnalysisScrum Author:Alan Lewis
“There are lots of women tennis players, for instance, but because not many of them seem to have much personality, they're interchangeable. You don't have a feeling about them.” FeelingsSeemsPlayerPersonalityInstanceTennisTennis Player Author:Daley Thompson
“I am most proud of the development of the characters as personalities that game players could relate to and care about.” CharacterCareGamesPlayerPersonalityDevelopmentProudRelate Author:Roberta Williams
“Frank Martin is a rarity. Dexterous as a player, writer and singer, he is thoughtful and skilled in his approach and passionate in his delivery. He is a unique, first-class musical personality.” FirstsClassPlayerPersonalityApproachUniqueMusicalPassionateSingersThoughtfulFrankDeliveryFirst ClassRarity Author:Tom Kimmel
“I've turned down a lot of trades where I might have gotten a better player, but I wasn't totally sure of the chemistry of that new player coming in. Even though he might possess golden ability, his personality and the way he gets along with teammates might be things you just don't want to cope with.” WayWantMightAbilityPlayerPersonalityTradeGoldenChemistryTeammateTurned Down Author:Red Auerbach
“I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.” TodaySportsPlayerPersonalityRight Person Author:Billie Jean King
“Sport strips away personality, letting the white bone of character shine through. Sport gives players an opportunity to know and test themselves. The great difference between sport and art is that sport, like a sonnet, forces beauty within its own system. Art, on the other hand, cyclically destroys boundaries and breaks free.” KnowsGivingArtCharacterHandsOpportunityForceSportsDifferencesWhiteBreakPlayerPersonalityArt IsTestsShiningBonesBoundariesSonnetBeauty Within Author:Rita Mae Brown
“To have a successful team, you have to have great players of course - but you have to have good personalities and good people as well.” PeopleWellsCoursesSuccessfulPlayerTeamPersonalityGood PeopleGood PersonSuccessful TeamGood Personality Author:David Beckham
“The real revelation of a player's character is not in his social life but in how he plays. In my social life I can hide my real personality.” I CanRealPlayCharacterSocialPlayerPersonalitySoccerRevelationsSocial Life Author:Arsene Wenger
“There are different 'It' factors for different players. There are all kinds of different personalities of quarterbacks around the league, but there are a lot of good ones and they don't necessarily think and act alike. But I do think there are moments during games even on the collegiate level where you can see that this guys is something different, someone sees things differently, they see things a little bit quicker, they're a little bit more cognizant of what's going on. I think it's something like that.” ThinkingKindLittlesDifferentMomentsGuyGamesBitsLevelsPlayerPersonalityLittle BitFactorsAll KindsLeagueNflThis GuyQuarterbackCognizant Author:Ted Thompson
“Ben [Peeler] and I have known each other for a decade. He trusts my crazy ideas and spontaneous combustion and he gets the players I want and knows the kind of personality players I like. He has taste that I trust and that to me is more important than any technical things.” KnowsWantKindImportantIdeasKnownPlayerCrazyPersonalityTasteDecadesSpontaneousCombustionCrazy IdeasSpontaneous Combustion Author:Shelby Lynne
“For me coaching was all about being involved, and taking the best qualities from the coaches I had as a player and moulding them into my own personality.” My OwnQualityPlayerPersonalityInvolvedCoachesCoachingMy Own Personality Author:Warren Gatland
“As I say, there's something that scares the hell out of me but it really makes me work hard in losing myself. I'm not really interested in me as an actor or being a personality player, or a Hollywood star. What's given to me is to become different people and to find the truth of that. That is really what I do.” PeopleDifferentHardActorsGivenStarsHellPlayerHard WorkPersonalityLosingHollywoodScareDifferent PeoplesLosing MyselfHollywood Stars Author:David Suchet
“I guess for major film industry players a film is a money making devise, so using formulas assures them that their investment will have returns. A lot of big studio films are created by formulas and committees, stripping away any individuality or personality from the work so that they could appeal to most everyone on there planet but to no one in particular.” BigsFilmPlayerParticularPlanetsPersonalityIndustryReturnMajorsInvestmentIndividualityStudiosMaking MoneyAppealsFormulasCommitteesFilm IndustryStrippingStripping Away Author:Signe Baumane
“He will be England captain one day. Jack Wilshere is a real leader. I saw how he spoke with the referee and the other players [against Denmark]. It is difficult to find someone so young with such a big personality. I remember two defenders, Paolo Maldini and Franco Baresi, and one attacker, Raul, but for personality and confidence on the pitch he is the best young midfielder I have seen for his age.” TwoRealBigsAgeRememberYoungDifficultLeaderSawsPlayerPersonalityOne DayEnglandSpokesCaptainsDefendersRefereeDenmarkFrancoMidfieldersMaldini Author:Fabio Capello
“You have to realize that the game is played by people and not by robots. You have to try to get across in the broadcast the difference in personalities of these players, and that's part of the fun, of course, being in a position where you can pass along that knowledge because you represent the fan.” PeopleTryingCoursesGamesFunRealizingDifferencesPlayerFansPositionPersonalityRobots Author:Martin Tyler
“I've heard of people stopping their cars, having car wrecks, all kinds of things. But most of the banjo players I know had that moment when they heard Earl Scruggs. So, for me, it transcends the technique. It's the musician in him and his personality, his musical personality, such great taste, such great technique, very, very creative.” PeopleKnowsKindMomentsCreativePlayerHeardCarPersonalityTasteMusicianMusicalTechniqueAll KindsThat MomentStoppingWrecksBanjosCar WreckBanjo Players Author:Earl Scruggs
“I'm fortunate in that I'm what you call a utility player, in that I can take a scene, if there's five or six minor characters in a scene, that need voice and personality [and] I can supply those characters.” IfsNeedsI CanCharacterVoiceFivePlayerPersonalitySceneSixFortunateMinorsUtilityMinor Characters Author:Bob Bergen
“This may sound arrogant, but I believe that if we'd done teamship better, we'd still be there. Where we fell down was the inability to hold together. We should have learnt from the great football teams. The players may not like each other. They have egos, they have their own ambitions, they have different personalities, but they are still bloody good teams.” IfsShouldBelieveMayStillsDifferentDoneTogetherI BelieveSoundPlayerTeamFootballPersonalityEgoAmbitionShould HaveArrogantBloodyInabilityFootball TeamGood TeamGreat Football Author:Alastair Campbell
“If you've had a bad experience with an agent, you have to move past it. You are bound to want a player at some stage who is represented by this guy and you will have to try to work around the personality of the agent. You tend to work out what makes them tick, what they respond to. You have to have tactical plans to get a deal over the line.” IfsWantTryingPastMovingGuyLinesDealsPlayerPlansStagePersonalityBoundsWork OutAgentsThis GuyTickTacticalBad Experiences Author:Alan Pardew
“Me and my bandmate having known each other and worked together for so long, the process between us is kind of effortless. We've both played in other bands and recorded things outside of Foxygen, but there's something about what happens between our personalities when we make music that works. Also, with it being just the two of us, we don't have the problems that other bands do. We don't have a bass player saying, "What about my parts?" We play all the instruments between us, and we don't really have much ego about that stuff.” KindLongProblemTogetherPlayerPersonalityEgo Author:Jonathan Rado
“I am convinced, the way one plays chess always reflects the player's personality. If something defines his character, then it will also define his way of playing.” IfsWayPlayCharacterPlayerPersonalityConvincedChess Author:Vladimir Kramnik
“I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality.” PlaySportsSupportPlayerPersonalityModelsFemaleAthleteModelingVolleyballFemale AthleteVolleyball Player Author:Gabrielle Reece