Best player & thinking Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings Page 3

“I think we're going to have to accept the fact the U.S. is off the world map. We are not a great player any longer. And when we come home - as we will have to do because we've run out of money - we will discover that Argentine debts means Argentine politics. And on that note, you can wake up in the middle of the night.”

Thinking World Mean Facts Home Running Night Accepting Player Middle Wake Up Notes Debt Maps Coming Home Middle Of The Night

Author:Gore Vidal

“One single great player doesn't make anything for a team; it has to be a team. I think [American] football is the greatest team sport there is because you have to depend on your brother next to you.”

Thinking Next Sports Player Team Football Brother Depends American Football Your Brother Sports Team

Author:Tim Tebow

“I think I could have become an outstanding professional baseball player, but I don't think I could have reached the heights that I have in football - being one of the very top players in the game, being a world champion.”

Thinking World Games Player Football Baseball Height Champion Outstanding Baseball Player World Champions

Author:Joe Namath

“I think about the great players with whom I have shared a pitch: Eric Cantona, Zinedine Zidane, Pirlo, Xavi, Cristiano Ronaldo - and the greatest of them all is Messi.”

Thinking Player Eric Messi Cristiano Ronaldo Zidane Cantona

Author:Paul Scholes

“A system depends on the players you have. I played 4-3-3 with Ajax, 2-3-2-3 with Barcelona and a 4-4-2 with AZ. I'm flexible. The philosophy stays the same though. I don't think that you can adapt it to every possible situation. You need the right mindset, and it depends on how the players see the coach and vice versa. The coach is the focal point of the team but you need to have an open mind, and so do all the players. Everyone needs to work together to achieve a common goal.”

“I think anybody who saw him will tell you that Willie Mays was the greatest player who ever lived.”

Thinking Saws Player

Author:Monte Irvin

“Football players are misunderstood. They arent the dumb jocks people think they are.”

People Thinking Player Football Dumb Misunderstood Football Player Jocks

Author:Simone Elkeles

“I think that players play, and they compete, and it's not about incentives.”

Thinking Play Player Incentives

Author:David Stern

“So, Im thinking of a name for a villain that has a sense of humor. I thought of The Joker as a name, and as soon as I thought that, I associate it with the playing card, as my family had a tradition of champion playing; my brother was a contract champion bridge player. There were always cards around the house.”

Thinking House Names Player Brother Tradition My Family Cards Bridges Champion My Brother Sense Of Humor Contracts Villain Associates Playing Cards

Author:Jerry Robinson

“In my regular life, I am very involved in commissions for cities and sometimes countries. And I think of public art as a team sport. The outcome is only possible with the interaction of all the players.”

Thinking Art Country Sometimes Sports Cities Player Team Involved Outcomes Interaction Sports Team Public Art

Author:Janet Echelman

“I don't think there's any player that's more talented than Alex Rodriguez. He cares very deeply about doing well. Baseball is his life. He puts a lot of pressure on himself.”

Thinking Wells Care Player Baseball Pressure Alex Very Deep

Author:Joe Torre

“Nobody - but nobody - has ever become really proficient at golf without practice, without doing a lot of thinking and then hitting a lot of shots. It isn't so much a lack of talent; it's a lack of being able to repeat good shots consistently that frustrates most players. And the only answer to that is practice.”

Thinking Able Answers Practice Player Talent Shots Golf Repeats Hitting Consistently

Book:Golf My Way

Source: Golf My Way

“It's a never-ending struggle, which is great. You can always get better! You can never get there. It's a journey with no arrival. And that's the beauty of it -- that you can always become better the next day. It's pretty cool to think about it in that sense. Tomorrow I will be a better player than I was today.”

Thinking Today Next Struggle Player Journey Tomorrow Get Better Next Day Arrivals Never Ending

Author:Tiger Woods

“I'm just thrilled for so many people. Our players, mostly, but the people in our organization - Rick Welts, Joe Lacob and Peter Guber and the whole group. It's just a phenomenal group of people. I think as a coach you just appreciate kind of the big picture a little bit more.”

People Thinking Kind Littles Whole Bigs Bits Player Groups Little Bit Appreciate Organization Coaches Peter Championship Phenomenal Big Picture Nba Championships

Author:Steve Kerr

“I want to be top scorer in the Premier League, top scorer at the World Cup and, within five years, I want to be among the best strikers in the world. Trust me, it will happen. I look around at other players, I see my own ability and I can't see anything that tells me it won't happen, I'm sure people will think 'What is he talking about?' But as I have done before, and as I will do again, I will sit at the other end and laugh at those people when it is all done.”

People Thinking World Want Years Looks I Can Ends Done Happens My Own Ability Talking Laughing Five Player Cups League Five Years Trust Me World Cup Premier League Strikers

Author:Nicklas Bendtner

“As far as starting or not starting, that means more to some players than others. And if it means more to someone else, I think you should let them start and just go out there and do your job when it's your turn.”

Ifs Thinking Should Mean Jobs Turns Player Starting

Author:Sue Wicks

“A lot of people think that as a player, during the lockout, you just have your whole day free. It's not like that - especially for me. I wake up everyday, train in the morning from 9 a.m. to about 2 p.m. Then I have a business meeting here, have to meet this person there, it's non-stop for me.”

People Thinking Persons Whole Morning Player Wake Up Train Meetings Everyday Non Stop Business Meeting

Author:Carmelo Anthony

“I know some of my self-worth comes from tennis, and it's hard to think of doing something else where you know you'll never be thebest. Tennis players are rare creatures: where else in the world can you know that you're the best? The definitiveness of it is the beauty of it, but it's not all there is to life and I'm ready to explore the alternatives.”

Thinking Knows World Self Hard Player Ready Creatures Self Worth Alternatives Tennis Tennis Player My Self Worth You Re The Best

Author:Martina Navratilova

“It's about learning your craft. That's a wonderful thing--especially with today's consumerism and instant gratification. You can'tbuy that. It's about making decisions, corrections, choices. I don't think it's so much about becoming a tennis player. It's about becoming a person.”

Thinking Persons Today Choices Decision Player Wonderful Becoming Crafts Instant Tennis Consumerism Wonderful Things Gratification Corrections Making Decisions Tennis Player Instant Gratification

Author:Billie Jean King

“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.”

Thinking Kind Littles Different Moments Guy Games Bits Levels Player Personality Little Bit Factors All Kinds League Nfl This Guy Quarterback Cognizant

Author:Ted Thompson

“It's freaking football. There are going to be big hits. I don't understand how they can do this after one weekend of hitting. And I can't understand how they can suspend us for it. I think it's a bunch of bull.”

Thinking I Can Bigs Can Do Player Football Bunch Weekend Hitting Bulls Tackling Nfl Players

Author:Brian Urlacher

“A lot of times, guys are just out there playing and they'll just go and get you. I don't really think they're thinking about the helmet-to-helmet contact. You'll probably see a lot of players more hesitant before they make their hits.”

Thinking Guy Player Contact Helmet Tackling Hesitant Nfl Players

Author:Andre Johnson

“As far as dude running the ball, or running with the ball, and somebody hit you helmet to helmet, I think you got an opportunity to go down. You got an opportunity to slide.”

Thinking Running Opportunity Player Balls Slides Helmet Tackling Nfl Players

Author:Clinton Portis

“I expect that [trying to do the best] of my players today and of my kids. My wife says I shouldn't expect that of my children, but I don't think that's asking too much.”

Thinking Trying Children Kids Today Too Much Wife Player Asking My Wife My Children Do The Best Asking Too Much

Author:Frank Robinson

“Rafa being 6-1 against Roger is not a source of pride for me. I'm happy that Rafa won the tournament, but I would have liked that Federer could have won the Grand Slam, because I think he's a phenomenal player. For me, he is the player I enjoy watching the most.”

Thinking Enjoy Player Source Pride Tournaments Roger Phenomenal Slam Federer

Author:Toni Nadal

“I would just hear piano players and I would hear music, and just think - I don't just want to sit here and passively listen; I want to get inside it.”

Thinking Want Player Piano

Author:Hugh Laurie

“The difference between ordinary players and champions is the way they think.”

Thinking Way Differences Player Ordinary Champion

Author:Patty Berg

“Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.”

Thinking Pieces Player Independent Crowds Chess Chess Players Islamic Wisdom Chess Pieces

Author:Ralph Charell

“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.”

People Thinking Want Stills Seems Love Is Player One Thing Havens Perception Obstacles Love Life Want Me Hurdle True Love Is

Author:Chris Brown

“A bass player has to think and play like a bass player. A drummer has to play and think like a drummer, and stay out of the way of the vocalist. The guitar player has to respect everybody else.”

Thinking Way Play Player Guitar Bass Drummer Guitar Player Vocalist Bass Players Bass Guitar Playing Bass

Author:Hunter Hayes

“A lot of players are slow to change, you're playing good,( you think) why do I want to mess with that ? It takes a lot of testing, a lot of practice and observation of the ball, especially under competitive circumstances, to realize this is a better product and I need to start using it.”

Thinking Want Needs Change Realizing Practice Player Products Circumstances Balls Observation Mess Testing

Author:David Duval

“He is an exceptional talent. I still think Diego Maradona is the best player I have ever seen but Messi is closing in fast. He's a wonderful sight in full flight and we are lucky to have him around.”

Thinking Stills Player Wonderful Talent Lucky Sight Flight Exceptional Closing Best Players Messi Maradona

Author:Ander Herrera

“I think planning to be a "professional adventurer" is about as realistic as planning to be a basketball player, so I don't usually encourage it.”

Thinking Player Basketball Planning Realistic Basketball Player Adventurer

Author:Andrew Skurka

“Seeing the same coverages, the same personnel, and for us to change the whole scenery, and bring somebody else in that’s necessarily competitive, a professional competitiveness, where guys are respecting each other’s careers, but yet are getting better. For us to come out here and a get a win, I think it helped us with those practices.”

Thinking Whole Guy Winning Careers Practice Player Seeing Get Better Coverage Scenery Competitiveness Personnel

Author:Cam Newton

“I think school is very important and I personally had a great experience at North Carolina, which helped shape me as a basketball player and a person. Every once in a while, you will have a player who can make the jump and have an immediate impact on the professional level, but most of the players who come out would absolutely benefit from going to college.”

Thinking Persons Important School Levels Player College Shapes Basketball Benefits Impact Carolina Basketball Player North Carolina Great Experiences Going To College

Author:Michael Jordan

“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.”

People Thinking Knows Kind Different Interesting Player One Thing Taught Musician Enjoyed Priests Different Kinds Really Interesting Nuance Eric Onions Milton Different Kinds Of Music Congas

Author:Jack Bruce

“I think spectators and fans are very important. Darts players would be nowhere without them.”

Thinking Important Would Be Player Fans Spectators Darts

Author:Trina Gulliver

“I definitely think moving around helped shape me and has helped me be a better player.”

Thinking Moving Player Shapes

Author:Charles Tillman

“I think the guys are more conscious of the fact that being in good physical condition under the conditions that they play will make them better players.”

Thinking Play Facts Guy Player Conditions Conscious

Author:Arnold Palmer

“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.”

People Thinking Shows Games Player Appreciation Coming Out

Author:Rickey Henderson

“I think coaching is confused at times as being an arrow that only goes to a player. Those players send arrows back to you, and that’s where a relationship is developed. I don’t make a player, and a player doesn’t make me a coach. We make each other.”

Thinking Player Coaches Coaching Confused Arrows

Author:Mike Krzyzewski

“I don't like to compare years, honestly. I think every year is a different experience, a different challenge. You grow. You evolve as a person and as a player.”

Thinking Years Persons Different Grows Challenges Player Honestly Evolve Compare Different Experiences

Author:Novak Djokovic

“If I haven't played with a player before and I don't know anything about them, the more they tell me about themselves, the better I will be able to judge how they think and how they play.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Play Able Player Havens Judging

Author:Daniel Negreanu

“The thing that can get confusing is you think, is this guy really a good player or does he just seem that way based on the way that they are playing. That takes longer to figure out, if they really are a good player or they just seem like one [bad].”

Ifs Thinking Way Doe Seems Guy Player Figures Confusing This Guy

Author:Daniel Negreanu

“The biggest thing when you're playing live is that you're sitting across from the player and can get a detailed impression of how they're acting, and whether they're expressing strength or weakness. Online, it's much more about betting patterns and you're using a much narrower range of cues to what they're holding and thinking.”

Thinking Acting Player Weakness Sitting Patterns Impression Range Online Betting

Author:Phil Ivey

“I think as a veteran player, in general, you should feel that sense of responsibility to try to lead these guys to becoming good pros. You want the league to be in good hands, and you want these guys to become great NFL players and then pass it along to the next generation. You can only lead by example, and that's pretty much what I'm trying to do.”

Thinking Want Feels Should Trying Hands Guy Next Responsibility Player Generations Example Becoming League Nfl Veteran Next Generation Sense Of Responsibility Nfl Players

Author:Champ Bailey

“I've been blessed with some luck, great ability and athleticism. That's really what's made me a great player, but I think the reason I've been able to last this long is the little things like taking care of my body.”

Thinking Littles Long Made Reason Body Care Able Lasts Ability Player Blessed Luck Little Things Athleticism

Author:Champ Bailey

“I need players to start thinking for themselves.”

Thinking Needs Player

Author:Guus Hiddink

“I wanted to stay in the game. I wanted to learn more about the league, what goes on behind the scenes. As a player, you don't really think about that, nor do you really care: you're worried about your job.”

Thinking Care Wanted Jobs Games Behinds Player Goes On Scene Worried League Behind The Scenes

Author:Chris Pronger

“I think playing the way I played, and knowing the game the way I know it, I think I'm going to have a better idea as to what the mindset of each player was.”

Thinking Knows Way Ideas Games Knowing Player Mindset

Author:Chris Pronger

Player Quotes

Related topics

Player Quotes