Quotes About Inspiration

My dad - Gaby Yala - played for the Congo national team as well, at Under-21 level. When I see him playing, even today, I could see he's got something about him.

I don't want to just be the best player. I want to be a great person, too.

Maradona was absolutely the best player I ever played with.

I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player.

So the whole basis for jazz music is based on the fact that the bass player could not play his instrument.

The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.

I think every player should think that he's a difference maker.

Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.

I always thought Kurt Cobain was the perfect embodiment of the great alternative guitar player.

When I need some energy in the morning I can put a metal CD in my player, because it gets me going! Classical music will send me off the road!

You can ask any young player in the lower leagues. They always dream of playing for England.

If I'm going to be a jazz player, I need to understand Miles Davis.

Every player is motivated by different things and needs to be addressed accordingly.

Charlie Parker is my greatest inspiration as a saxophone player - anything that involves him entails a large amount of respect.

Of course I would like to play with Cristiano Ronaldo - he is a great player.

But really, I've worked my whole life to become a great basketball player. When I see that jersey go up, I'm sure I'm gonna have flashbacks to when I was 4 and 5 years old playing in my driveway because I loved it. I still love it to this day. It's been one of my first loves in life: basketball.

I am not a person who says I must talk the same way to every player, I don't agree with this. Some are more introspective, we must act in a different way, the fuel of every player is different.

I'm grateful that as part of the Ernie Ball family, I'm able to connect with my fans in such a meaningful way and hopefully inspire guitar players to up their game!

I was very lucky to have fantastic leaders before me in Paul Kelly, Leo Barry, Brett Kirk, Craig Bolton, Mick O'Loughlin and Stuart Maxfield, and all of those players led in completely different ways.

I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them.

Best player I ever played against? I mean, I played against many, many good players, so I don't know who to keep. I would say Ronaldo the Fenomeno.

Obviously, Kobe is one of the greatest players to ever play the game.

Many times, my role was to work as a link between the coaches and the players; it was to be a leader. That was something natural for me.

One of my favourite players is, of course, Marcus Rashford.