Player Quotes

My two favorite things about being a pro player are Sunday afternoons being able to excite many fans and the money because I get to treat my family and friends and myself to nice things.

How can a coach have any influence over a player that's making over five times more than he is?

A lot of times I blend in a little bit easier because I'm not like a basketball player who's going to stand out because of his height.

I always said to myself that if I thought I slipped and could not be the player that I want to be, then it was time for me to go.

I'm not that good a player, and I'll be the first to admit that. I might be a three or four grand-slam winner; I might be a two grand-slam winner, I don't know.

I never would say a player stinks. Ever. I'll tell you their team stinks, and first of all, they know their team stinks. And the fans know their team stinks.

I was a guitar player first off.

You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could be yawning your head off when you hear them. So, it's not what you do, but the way you're doing it and in the end that's all that we have.

As a player, it says everything about you if you made the Hall of Fame. But, then again, boy... there's something about winning a Super Bowl.

In 1981, at age 31, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league.

I've known Shawn for several years. And he's just an amazing talent. He's a great writer, a marvelous, marvelous guitar player, and plays really good fiddle.

I am convinced, the way one plays chess always reflects the player's personality. If something defines his character, then it will also define his way of playing.

As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate.

It's not the name that makes the player. It's the player.

When it was time for a player to go, he went.

I'm proud of the fact that I'm the only player to hit a ball completely out of Dodger Stadium.

I can honestly say it took two full years for me to get over the fact that I was no longer a baseball player.

I am a hero worshiper. I love the number one tennis player. I love the number one baseball player. I want to see those records broken.

I was surprised I won the award because I've always been a very aggressive player and I earn my share of fouls on the court. I play rough, and because I'm an older player, of course I use tricks on the younger players.

I need to go someplace faraway that doesn't have telephones and doesn't have a record player and doesn't have movie theaters and people walking down the street in order to not do anything.

Every great player has learned the two Cs: how to concentrate and how to maintain composure.

It would be a lot different for me because there is a lot of information that you need to know about as a player. How pitchers are pitching you, how defenses are playing, certain situations about certain pitchers.

There comes a point with any collaboration like that where you start having other interests creatively. I was moving in one direction musically, and as a guitar player, Mark wanted to move in another direction. That was essentially the reason we broke up.

The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.

In fact, I heard Bird first, and had got well into listening to him. You know, it's the kind of accidental thing that awareness of a player is: what's available, what somebody happens to play for you.

If I stayed a football player, my career would have been over 20 years ago. As it is, my knees are shot. I found I got the same good feeling in acting that I had in sports, but I found I could have a more profound impact on people.

I've seldom seen a horny player walk into a bar and not let out exactly what he did for a living.

I always just wanted to be the singer or the bass player in the band. I'd love to have a band, where I was obviously the singer, but where it wasn't me, it wasn't my name.

In Hollywood people lie to each other and cheat each other and then go and play tennis. But I don't want to be a tennis player.

After you date a player or two it's nice to just chill with a guy that can keep it basic.