“I do not feel that I have a mandate from the entire world of football - the fans, the players, the clubs, the people who live, breathe and love football.” PeopleWorldLoveFeelsPlayerFansFootballAnd LoveClubsBreatheMandates Author:Sepp Blatter
“It's always really challenging trying to go from player to player/coach. You have a kind of friendship basis of relationship with all of your teammates and now you go to this power position where you have to make decisions that might hurt people's feelings.” PeopleTryingKindFeelingsMightChallengesHurtDecisionPlayerPositionBasesCoachesTeammate Author:Abby Wambach
“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 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
“I don't think some of the players understand what the people are about. The people are coming out to show you their appreciation of the game, and the player that you are.” PeopleThinkingShowsGamesPlayerAppreciationComing Out Author:Rickey Henderson
“My goal is to let people see who I am as a person, not just a basketball player. Many people see athletes in a certain way - flat and one dimensional. I want to change that view.” PeopleWayWantPersonsCertainGoalViewsPlayerBasketballAthleteWho I AmFlatsBasketball Player Author:Blake Griffin
“When I was growing up, I wanted to be a coach. I had people telling me you can't do this, you're not a great player. Be realistic. When I got rejection letters from colleges where I wanted to coach, my mom would say, "You are going to make it someday. You have something special within you and that is your spirit for life which will help you get to the top."” PeopleHelpingWantedSpiritGrowing UpGrowingPlayerSpecialCollegeMomLettersMy MomCoachesRejectionSomedayRealisticWithin YouSomething SpecialRejection Letters Author:Dick Vitale
“I'm a piano player. I never thought of myself as a singer, at all. I was always trying to sound like somebody else. I don't like my own voice, I like Ray Charles, Robert Plant, I like Joe Cocker, Rod Stewart, people that have an edge in their voice.” PeopleTryingSoundVoiceMy OwnPlayerPlantEdgesSingersPianoRaysAlways Trying Author:Billy Joel
“I mistrust these people in music industry who can be everybody. This is where technology dictates to them. I mistrust that, that in somehow the chips capture the soul of a player, that's patent nonsense.” PeopleSoulTechnologyPlayerIndustryNonsenseCaptureChipsMusic IndustryMistrustPatents Author:Elvis Costello
“Too many people look on outscoring someone as winning, I never tried to get that across to my players.” PeopleLooksWinningPlayer Author:John Wooden
“Coaches are very important to players. They're people that are mentors, people that are advising them, people that should be their friends and somebody you can rely on on the tour.” PeopleShouldImportantPlayerCoachesRelyMentor Author:Novak Djokovic
“The realization that you're not always standing down there on the field merely to win, to be successful, was very liberating. One can be successful by helping the team, the other players. All of a sudden I felt the kind of empathy for people that I hadn't felt before.” PeopleKindHelpingWinningFeltSuccessfulPlayerTeamFieldsEmpathyStandingRealizationBeing SuccessfulLiberatingStanding Down Author:Oliver Kahn
“With Jane Birkin, we had a scene from a film called Jane B. by Agnès V. - a portrait I made in '87. We had a casino scene, surrealistic, in which we had some naked people gambling. Jane Birkin was the card dealer and I was the player. I had beautiful jewelery around me, and when I lost I would take the jewelery and say, Service - being very generous, because it was very expensive jewelery. I would say, Tip.” PeopleMadeBeautifulFilmLostPlayerSceneNakedCardsGenerousExpensiveGamblingPortraitsJaneDealerCasinos Author:Agnes Varda
“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
“It was a good feeling to have a lot of support. A lot of people respect me as a player but also as a person as well.” PeopleWellsPersonsFeelingsSupportPlayerGood FeelingRespect Me Author:Kevin Martin
“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
“Both bisexuality and transgender are fluid notions of identity, while lesbian and gay are fixed identities. Some people believe that means there should be two movements: LG and BT. But then what're ya gonna do about SM players? And intersexed folks who want their own I in the alphabet soup of sex and gender related politics?” PeopleWantShouldBelieveMeanTwoSexPlayerMovementIdentityGayNotionFolksGenderFixedRelatedSoupTransgenderFluidAlphabetBisexualitySmsAlphabet SoupSex And Gender Author:Kate Bornstein
“I find that musically, looking back, I have learned much more from those relationships, people I have bumped into that I have admired, that's the way I feel musically I have learned most in life.” PeopleWayFeelsPlayerI Have LearnedLooking BackGuitar Player Author:John Towner Williams
“Not many people like him, he's an angry man. He'd go after his own shadow.” PeopleMenPlayerFootballShadowAngrySoccerAngry Man Author:Stephen Hunt
“I was disappointed in everything - my start and the team's start. People got down on me, but I never got down on myself. I still believed I could be the type of player everyone, including me, thought I was going to be.” PeopleStillsPlayerTeamTypeIncludingDisappointedI Still Believe Author:Eric Davis
“Computer and video games represent one of the most important new media developments of this generation. Unlike many other forms of entertainment they offer players the opportunity to explore, be creative, learn through interaction and express themselves to others. It is vitally important that we protect and nurture this new art form so that it can reach its full potential. Like most new forms of artistic expression that have come before (music, novels, movies), the primary critics of video games are the people that do not play them.” PeopleArtImportantPlayFormOpportunityGamesNovelCreativePlayerGenerationsMediaExpressionDevelopmentOffersProtectComputerCriticsEntertainmentVideoArtisticPrimariesInteractionNurtureBe CreativeNurturingThis GenerationFull PotentialArtistic ExpressionNew Media Author:Will Wright
“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 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
“When I was a child I had a dream to become a football player. I always played as I played when I was a child. I tried to improve. I never dreamt of becoming a professional football player, I dreamed just to play with the best players in the best team. I never dreamed to be paid to play. I would have paid to play an FA Cup Final in front of 80,000 people in Wembley. I just tried to play the wonderful game that football is. So, I hope young players will still have this dream.” PeopleChildrenStillsPlayDreamYoungGamesPlayerWonderfulTeamFrontsFootballBecomingPaidFinalsCupsBest PlayersFootball PlayerI Had A DreamBest TeamCup Finals Author:Eric Cantona
“The trumpet player, Ronnie Hughes, has still got his chops today but for some strange reason the culture doesn't call him because he's 83-years-old. And these people are in their 70s and 80s and 90s and came with such verve every day and would still be shooting these 10 and 12 hour days. So, that in itself made this an extraordinarily special occasion for all of us. It wasn't a job for the crew after a few days, it took on another tone.” PeopleYearsMadeStillsReasonTodayJobsCultureHoursPlayerSpecialStrangeOccasionsShootingToneCrew80sTrumpetsSelf MadeSpecial Occasion80s And 90s Author:Dustin Hoffman
“There is a double-standard between men and women. My father was a major league baseball player, and I grew up thinking I could have the same attitude on the field that he did. When I did that in real life, people thought I was a total bi-atch.” PeopleThinkingMenRealFatherAttitudePlayerFieldsGrewMajorsGrew UpStandardsMen And WomenBaseballReal LifeLeagueBaseball PlayerDouble StandardMajor LeagueMajor League Baseball Author:Katie Uhlaender
“One of the challenges in networking is everybody thinks it's making cold calls to strangers. Actually, it's the people who already have strong trust relationships with you, who know you're dedicated, smart, a team player, who can help you.” PeopleThinkingKnowsHelpingStrongChallengesPlayerTeamColdSmartStrangerDedicatedNetworkingTeam Player Author:Reid Hoffman
“People think this is all about the top players hitting tenins balls and they talk about technique and strategy and how important that is. But they don't understand the essence of competition. This is one-on-one, two players out there fighting each other with everything they have, trying to bring the best out of themselves. And the difference at this level of the game is all in the head and in the heart.” PeopleThinkingTryingHeartTwoImportantFightingGamesDifferencesLevelsPlayerEssenceBallsStrategyCompetitionTechniqueHittingOne On OneFighting Each Other Author:John Newcombe
“I think it's important as a player every now and again to play something that's influenced you as an artist just to expose the people to it.” PeopleThinkingImportantPlayArtistPlayer Author:Gavin DeGraw
“You know how in sports baseball players, they hit home runs. Football players, they throw and they score touchdowns. I get to do something that very few people get to do - I get to touch the human brain, and every day I get to hit home runs, I get to score touchdowns.” PeopleKnowsHumansHomeRunningSportsBrainKnow HowPlayerFootballBaseballScoreHuman BrainBaseball PlayerFootball PlayerHome RunTouchdowns Author:Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
“When I was a kid I started a baseball team. I was a terrible player, but I put together a group of neighborhood kids. I started a hockey team. I put the kids together and got a sponsor. So I can always kind of organize people and get things done.” PeopleKindI CanDoneKidsTogetherPlayerGroupsTeamTerribleBaseballNeighborhoodHockeyOrganizeThings DoneSponsorsBaseball TeamHockey Team Author:Jerry Bruckheimer
“In the economy we guarantee all market players the same conditions, and the private sector plays an increasingly important role. We are in the process of dissolving thousands of state-owned companies and converting them into stock corporations. We even plan to accelerate this development. In contrast, it is the party's responsibility to improve the lives of the people, and this is where our citizens have great confidence in us. Party members who commit crimes are severely punished.” PeopleImportantStatesPlayProcessPartyResponsibilityCompanyRolesEconomyPlayerPlansConditionsCrimeDevelopmentCitizensMembersCommitCorporationsGuaranteesContrastPrivate SectorConvertingAccelerateDissolvingGreat Confidence Author:Nguyen Minh Triet
“I wanted to see if I could create something that is emotional between people. Existing games are about killing each other or killing something together. The idea of social emotion means people need to share feelings. At that moment, the players are in sync. The problem [with many games] is there's no chance to share emotion. Most of them are busy, [there are] explosions everywhere. So we got rid of all the background noise and we had to get rid of the guns.” PeopleIfsNeedsMeanIdeasMomentsFeelingsProblemWantedTogetherGamesSocialChanceEmotionPlayerShareEmotionalGunKillingBusyBackgroundsNoiseIf I CouldThat MomentExplosionsMean PeopleSyncKilling Each OtherBackground Noise Author:Jenova Chen
“There's no leader of this band, and there never will be. That's the key. You can't control how the public perceives you-people see rock'n'roll bands as the guitar player and the singer.” PeopleLeaderPlayerRocksKeysBandGuitarSingersPerceiveRock N RollGuitar Player Author:Shannon Hoon
“People used to say, "Clapton is God." That was a phrase that people attributed to him, and he was a guitar hero back in his day. He chose a different path. And you can read about it, but he was really at the top of his game back then. I think he's one of the greatest rock players who've ever lived. His timing and everything was just so on.” PeopleThinkingDifferentUsedGamesPathPlayerRocksHeroGuitarPhrasesTimingDifferent PathsGuitar Hero Author:Michael Angelo Batio
“Players have responsibilities, because, whether they like it or not, they are public figures. They have to be aware that the people who come to the ground spend fortunes in relation to what they earn.” PeopleResponsibilityPlayerFiguresRelationFortunePublic Figures Author:Gerard Houllier
“When a lot of athletes get done playing, they end up in some really tough positions. They have a hard time transitioning because their identity is wrapped up in who they are as a player and what they do rather than who they can be in Christ. We desire to help people understand the invitation that God has given each one of us as Christ followers to be a part of this global redemptive story. If you can't give your life to something with meaning and purpose of that magnitude then there's nothing there.” PeopleIfsGivingEndsHardDoneHelpingStoriesDesirePurposeGivenChristPlayerIdentityPositionToughAthleteHard TimesFollowersInvitationsMagnitude Author:Aaron Kampman
“When I looked into the story of Soviet hockey and its players, I realized that it has nothing to do with hockey. It was a larger story using hockey as a window into the story of the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian people, with friendships and betrayals, paranoia and oppression, and the meaning of sports to people and nations around the world, and how sports was used as a political tool.” PeopleWorldStoriesPoliticalUsedFallNationsSportsPlayerToolsWindowUnionsBetrayalI RealizedOppressionAround The WorldHockeySovietSoviet UnionParanoiaRise And Fall Author:Gabe Polsky
“So [Polaroid's Dr. Edwin] Land, at 75, went off to spend the remainder of his life doing pure science, trying to crack the code of color vision. The man is a national treasure. I don't understand why people like that can't be held up as models: This is the most incredible thing to be - not an astronaut, not a football player - but this.” PeopleMenTryingVisionPlayerLandFootballColorHe ManPureModelsIncrediblesTreasureCodeCracksDrsAstronautFootball PlayerPolaroidsNational Treasure Author:Steve Jobs
“That goal [in the 1998 World Cup] changed me-not as a person, but as a player. People have looked at me differently ever since. It gave me confidence and now I feel I can achieve anything.” PeopleWorldFeelsPersonsI CanGoalPlayerAchieveChangedCupsWorld Cup Author:David Beckham
“A lot of players go into a restaurant and ask for a special table. I go and stand in line with the working people. It's very easy to get spoiled playing professional sports.” PeopleAsksEasySportsLinesPlayerSpecialTablesRestaurantsSpoiledEasy To GetProfessional Sports Author:Johnny Damon
“Pressure to me now has become almost part of my life. It doesn't really affect me anymore. People talk about me being under pressure or having pressure of having to come in and be this great player that everyone expects me to be right away. It doesn't really faze me. It's become second nature now. It's almost like it would be weird not to have it.” PeopleWould BePlayerPressureUnder Pressure Author:Reggie Bush
“I wanted to prove people wrong who didn't think I could play at this level. I also wanted to take care of my family. It was a chance to play against the best players in the world. Mentally and physically I don't think I was ready, but I was ready to take on the challenge.” PeopleThinkingWorldPlayCareWantedChallengesChanceLevelsPlayerReadyProveMy FamilyTake CareBest Players Author:Jermaine O'Neal
“I'm one of those players that I think I can do what's asked of me. Whether it's putting the ball in the basket, rebounding the ball, diving on the floor, making other people better, I'm willing to do anything just to win.” PeopleThinkingI CanWinningCan DoPlayerWillingBallsBasketsDiving Author:Lamar Odom
“I've always been a player that likes to get round the back and get crosses in for other people. When I first burst on to the scene some people only saw the goals I was scoring. More recently they've taken notice of the goals I've set up. It is nice to be recognized for that.” PeopleFirstsGoalTakenSawsNicePlayerSceneCrossesRoundsLikes Author:Michael Owen
“Before I came here, I had people telling me what a tough place New York is, how other players came here and struggled. But I never let that bother me. I came here because I want to win.” PeopleWantWinningPlayerNew YorkToughBother Author:CC Sabathia
“MVP is the best player in the league. I think that's too big for me. When people call me the MVP, I'm a little surprised by that.” PeopleThinkingLittlesBigsPlayerLeagueCall MeBest PlayersMvp Author:Rafael Soriano
“You guys will write what you want to write, people will say what they want to say. I can't control any of that. All I can control is how I play. I'm trying to be the best player I can be.” PeopleWantWritingTryingI CanPlayGuyPlayerWhat You WantBeing The BestBest Players Author:Jason Spezza
“Where I grew up, people obviously knew my dad because it's a small place and he was the top player for Swinton - they'd go and watch him play, see him in the papers, so they knew he was black.” PeoplePlayBlackWatchesPlayerGrewDadPaperGrew UpMy DadPapersSmall Places Author:Ryan Giggs
“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