“It does not at first appear that an astronomer rapt in abstraction, while he gazes on a star, must feel more exquisite delight than a farmer who is conducting his team.” FeelsFirstsDoeStarsTeamAtheismDelightFarmersAbstractionExquisiteConductingAstronomers Author:Isaac D'Israeli
“Damian Lillard is having a better year than Chris Paul. Lillard got snubbed when he was left off of the USA Men’s Basketball team, and now the All-Star team.” MenYearsLeftStarsTeamBasketballUsaBasketball TeamAll Stars Author:Kenny Smith
“I want to be an NBA all-star and help my team win. That's what it's all about, is winning. I'm a competitor... People said a lot about me being selfish and stuff like that. Getting into the league, I can't wait to shut that down. I'm a guy who wants to play and to win and love my teammates.” PeopleWantSaidI CanPlayHelpingGuyWinningStarsStuffWaitingTeamAnd LoveSelfishLeagueNbaCompetitorsTeammateBeing SelfishAll Stars Author:Shabazz Muhammad
“The team is never about the single player. It's not about the injury that keeps a star out of a certain game, and it's not about the coach. It's about the strength, and the abilities of the sum.” CertainGamesStarsAbilityPlayerTeamCoachesInjuryTigersLsu Author:Les Miles
“I've been watching basketball for a long time, I'm a historian of the game. I don't know any other team that's gotten to the Finals without two All-Stars... I cannot remember thinking of it. I don't even know if it's ever happened, for a team to lose two All-Stars and still be able to make it to the Finals.” IfsThinkingKnowsLongStillsTwoAbleRememberGamesStarsLosesHappenedTeamBasketballLong TimeFinalsHistorianChampionshipNba ChampionshipsAll Stars Author:LeBron James
“My dream was to be in the NBA. I wasn't really focused on being a star player on a team. I just wanted to make it to the NBA. I've been blessed for the opportunities to be in the Finals, been in the playoffs ever since I've been in the NBA.” DreamWantedOpportunityStarsPlayerTeamBlessedFinalsFocusedNbaPlayoffsNba Finals Author:James Harden
“I don't know any other other team that got to the finals without two all stars.” KnowsTwoStarsTeamFinalsChampionshipNba ChampionshipsAll Stars Author:LeBron James
“They're (California Angels) like the American League All-Star team, and that's their problem, the American League All-Star team always loses.” ProblemStarsLosesTeamAngelCaliforniaLeagueAll Stars Author:Dan Quisenberry
“The last thing you want to do is go down in the history of All-Star game competition as the only injury (his nose was broken by Roberto Hernandez) sustained during the team picture.” WantLastsGamesStarsTeamBrokenCompetitionNosesInjuryAll Stars Author:Cal Ripken, Jr.
“If (Mike) Hargrove was his own man, I would have been picked (for the 1998 All-Star team). He is another person who doesn't appreciate what I did for him.” IfsMenPersonsHas BeensStarsTeamAppreciateMikeAll Stars Author:Albert Belle
“We won (the pennant) because we've got a superior ball club. Not many stars perhaps, but the kind of team that always plays well together.” WellsKindPlayTogetherStarsTeamBallsClubsSuperiors Author:Nellie Fox
“People think stage school is a little star factory but the truth is kids like me learned about being in a team situation and going out to work earlier than a lot of kids did. I don't know anyone from drama school who's now sitting on their arse doing nothing.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLittlesKidsSchoolStarsSituationTeamStageDramaTruth IsSittingLike MeFactoriesGoing OutDoing NothingArses Author:Amy Winehouse
“I think there's a lot of different ways to win. You've seen teams that win championships with a super-duper star like Kobe Bryant. Those championship teams with Michael Jordan certainly had a great, great player.” ThinkingWayDifferentWinningStarsPlayerTeamDifferent WaysChampionshipJordanChampionship Team Author:Doug Collins
“There's players like myself in the league who deserve to make the All-Star team and aren't given a chance. I've put up numbers, as good if not better than players that are making the team.” IfsGivenStarsChanceNumbersPlayerTeamDeserveLeagueAll StarsGiven A Chance Author:Jeff Cunningham