“For years Paul Scholes has been one of the best players in the Premiership. He's incredible. He has always been under-rated throughout his career. He's a team player, a one and two-touch footballer who makes good decisions on the pitch and makes his team play.” YearsHas BeensTwoPlayDecisionCareersPlayerTeamIncrediblesFootballerBest PlayersGood DecisionTeam PlayerScholesPaul Scholes Author:Thierry Henry
“For me, it's not about sacking the quarterback. It's about changing the course of the game. It's causing a crucial fumble at a crucial time. It's making a tackle for a loss when the opposing team needs to gain one or two yards for the first down. I look at myself as a sudden-impact player.” NeedsFirstsLooksTwoCoursesGamesLossPlayerTeamGainsImpactCrucialYardsOpposingQuarterbackSacking Author:Simeon Rice
“When I was a player, I'd have a pre-match meal of the biggest lump of fillet steak you could find, followed by rice pudding. Other times I'd have a steak and kidney pie. I'd finish the meal at 12.30 and be playing two-and-a-half hours later.” TwoHoursHalfPlayerMealsPieRiceSteakLumpsHalf HoursKidneysPuddingRice Pudding Author:Fabio Capello
“I monitor the food my players eat on a Friday night. It's no good if they've had two vindaloos and a kebab.” IfsTwoNightPlayerFridayFriday NightKebabs Author:Iain Dowie
“It's not that difficult to play well and win titles in a team like Barcelona, but it's in the national side where you see a player's true class. That was the case with figures like Pele, Diego Maradona and Zinedine Zidane. With Spain, Iniesta has shown that he is among the best players of all time and that's why I rate him higher than Messi or Ronaldo. Even though the latter two have incredible scoring records for their clubs, they still haven't won anything with Argentina or Portugal respectively.” WellsStillsTwoPlayWinningDifficultSidesClassCasesRecordsPlayerTeamHavensFiguresHigherRateIncrediblesClubsAll TimeTitlesLatterSpainBest PlayersBarcelonaArgentinaMessiPortugalMaradonaZidaneIniesta Author:Boris Becker
“Ronaldo could play for Millwall, QPR, Doncaster Rovers or anyone and he'd score a hat-trick. I'm not sure Messi could do it. Ronaldo's got two feet, he's quick, he's good in the air and he's brave, though Messi's brave too of course. I just think Messi is a Barcelona player.” ThinkingTwoPlayCoursesPlayerAirFeetBraveTricksNot SureHatsScoreBarcelonaMessi Author:Alex Ferguson
“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
“If my forward arrives in a one vs one situation, I always say: 'let him work it out.' Then my players say: But we can help him!'. My reply is: First, there's a good chance you'll only run in his way, and as a second attacker you're drawing a second defender with you, and two vs two is harder than one vs one.'” IfsWayFirstsTwoHelpingRunningChanceSituationPlayerHarderDrawingWorking ItDefendersGood Chance Author:Johan Cruijff
“The Messi of the early years was a phenomenon, but he always wanted to finish off the move. Now he goes past one, two or three players and is happy to give an assist to a teammate, it makes him more dangerous than ever before.” GivingYearsTwoWantedPastMovingThreePlayerDangerousPhenomenonTeammateMessi Author:Michael Laudrup
“You can't have a movie with a group of people that are significant players in the story, that push forward the plot, without introducing at least one or two of them.” PeopleTwoStoriesPlayerGroupsSignificantPlotIntroducing Author:Evangeline Lilly
“We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player.” IfsWorldTwoWinningPlayerFineBaseballConvincedGentlemanTwo ThingsBaseball PlayerGreat Baseball Author:Branch Rickey
“He [Beckham] has two feet, which a lot of players don't have nowadays.” TwoPlayerFeetBeckham Author:Jimmy Hill
“Jimmy Page is an excellent producer. Led Zeppelin I and II are classics. As a player he's very good in the studio, but I've never seen him play well live. He's sloppy. He plays like he's got a broken hand and he's two years old. If you put out a good album and play like a two year old, what's the purpose?” IfsYearsWellsTwoPlayHandsPurposePlayerBrokenPagesVery GoodAlbumsStudiosProducersExcellentTwo YearsJimmySloppyZeppelinsTwo Year Olds Author:Eddie Van Halen
“If two baseball players from the same hometown, on different teams, receive the same uniform number, it is not ironic. It is a coincidence. If Barry Bonds attains lifetime statistics identical to his father's, it will not be ironic. It will be a coincidence.” IfsTwoDifferentFatherNumbersPlayerTeamBaseballLifetimeStatisticsIronicUniformsCoincidenceIdenticalHometownBaseball Player Book:Brain Droppings Source: Brain Droppings
“Playboys' was an authentic junkie record. Art Pepper was just out of jail, Chet was arrested a week after the session, and piano player Carl Perkins would die two years later. When the record was recorded I was behind bars myself. In 1955 I was caught with narcotics and had to serve almost five years. Luckily, I was allowed to keep my saxophone in the cell, and I composed a lot during the time. They had to come fetch the music for Playboys from jail.” YearsArtTwoDiesBehindsRecordsFivePlayerWeekCaughtBarsCellsPianoFive YearsTwo YearsJailSessionArrestedJunkiePlayboyPeppersSaxophoneNarcoticsFetch Author:Jimmy Heath
“The shopping is not finished and before the pre-season starts I would like to bring in another two players. I like shopping, maybe I have become a woman.” TwoPlayerSeasonsFinishedShoppingPre Season Author:Paolo Di Canio
“I didn't write any music at all, and then, I remember Jon Anderson being very insistent saying that there were two kinds of musicians: the ones who wrote music and the ones who didn't. And clearly the ones who wrote music were more superior human beings in his mind. So he kind of nudged me and sort of prodded me into it. I picked it up slowly. Then I learned more about chords and harmony and I just kept adding to that. One of the great things about having good players in your band is that you just ask them questions. You can pick up some good information that way.” WayWritingMindHumansKindTwoRememberAsksHuman BeingsPlayerInformationBandMusicianPicksHarmonySuperiorsGreat ThingsChordsGood Information Author:Bill Bruford
“Once we get out on the road, my tour manager who is also my guitar player does a great job of taking weight off of my shoulders where I can just focus on playing the shows.About two hours before every show, the pacing starts and the anticipation builds. I prepare for it just like I would when I used ride bulls, slap yourself in the face, wake yourself up and get your heart going.” HeartDoeI CanTwoShowsJobsFacesUsedHoursFocusPlayerWeightGuitarShouldersManagersAnticipationBullsSlapGuitar PlayerGreat JobPacing Author:Cody Johnson