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Quotes About Players

For a lot of the players it was their first exposure to the Southern female - the most flagrant cheater in the mutual disarmament pact known as feminism. Lipstick! Hairdos! Submissiveness!
~ Michael Lewis
India needs better singles players to progress as a tennis nation. They need to develop, be physically fitter and stronger.
~ Tim Henman
There are some guys you definitely would not want dating your sister - especially hockey players.
~ Patrick Kane
We played in a number of these neutral site games, I would call them, whether it's a playoff game, a bowl game, or one of these kickoff classic type things, which I think is helpful to, you know, our players in terms of playing some place that's not really a home game for them.
~ Nick Saban
Players can play bad, and certainly when you have only three days or six days training sessions in your legs, and you have to play 45 minutes. Everybody can say that it's easy to step in, but it is not easy.
~ Louis van Gaal
I had a sketch called 'Fedora Basketball,' which was about basketball players having to wear hats; in addition to scoring points, they have to make sure their fedoras don't fall off.
~ Hannibal Buress
The interest in it is growing, and I think seeing players like me succeed in Ligue 1 is proof to futsal players that it is possible. It proves that there is more than one route to take, and more players are getting noticed due to their high skill levels.
~ Wissam Ben Yedder
Footballers' 'lack of loyalty,' for instance, is not an indication of players' moral delinquency. Instead, the capacity to move on quickly without forming lasting attachments is a skill that the contemporary capitalist world inculcates and relies upon.
~ Mark Fisher
Games of chance often involve some amount of skill; this does not make them legal. Good poker players often beat novices. But poker is still gambling, and running a poker room - or online casino - is illegal in New York.
~ Eric Schneiderman
I would hope the NBA Players Association would say that people like LeBron could come out early because he's so gifted, but if you stay, you stay three years. Your skill level will be greater, and the chances of you going to the NBA are much greater.
~ Larry Brown
I would hope there would be a greater appreciation by casual sports fans of the incredible skill and passion of our players.
~ Gary Bettman
There are franchise players to build around that have championship-level talent, skill, basketball IQ, and character - it's hard to find those guys. Those guys are rare.
~ Jeff Van Gundy
I enjoy watching Eden Hazard, Willian, Ruben Loftus-Cheek... the skillful players.
~ Wayne Bridge
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.
~ Sepp Blatter
Golf really excites me only when the course is difficult and challenging. I love competing. The pressure of competition against fine holes and fine players makes me feel very much alive.
~ Jack Nicklaus
One of the greatest motivating things that a coach has is the bench. They all love to play, all of them. You sit them on the bench, and they come around pretty good.
~ John Wooden
I'm quite certain that if the rest of the world vanished overnight and the development of cricket were left in Australian hands, within a generation, the players would be wearing shorts and using the bats to hit each other, and the thing is, it'd be a much better game for it.
~ Bill Bryson
Even with the benefit of steroids most modern players still couldn't hit as many home runs as Babe Ruth hit on hotdogs.
~ Bill Bryson
I am quite certain that if the rest of the world vanished overnight and the development of cricket was left in Australian hands, within a generation the players would be wearing shorts and using the bats to hit each other.
~ Bill Bryson
Great players are determined by their talent, desire and willingness to play by the code.
~ Blair Singer
A coach should never forget to compliment his players on a well-played victory, but shouldn't hesitate to tell them when they've played poorly—in a loss or a win.
~ Bob Knight
Just to be in the locker room with the NHL players, go out to dinner with them, hang out with them. I feel like it was an invaluable experience and kind of like going to Harvard law school, I guess, because that's the best education you could get being around guys like that.
~ Jack Hughes
What I love about our league is that players have an opportunity in their career to be a free agent and decide where they want to invest their time and their talent, in whatever team and whatever system. They deserve that right. They've earned that right.
~ Jeanie Buss
I admire Indian cricket because of the way the sport is run there and how the money they earn is invested back into the game and players.
~ Shahid Afridi