Players Quotes

Something happens to us all when we experience something as a unit that doesn't occur when we're on our couches or holding our little portable DVD players.

A lot of players know I've been around 13 years and this is my second lockout. I got a lot of respect. I know what's going on both for the league and the union.

Rugby is great. The players don't wear helmets or padding; they just beat the living daylights out of each other and then go for a beer. I love that.

I don't want players coming in from the college level that are either trying to avoid a suspension, declare themselves ineligible on their own, hire an agent and decide, 'I'm going to enter into the NFL.'

The players don't play the position game as much as we used to play. A lot of young guys go up and down, shoot the puck, go for the rebounds. You're getting tired quicker because the body has to react where the puck is going to go. You cannot read it, because you don't have the puck on your stick.

There are a lot of people who can do it on the guitar and sing at the same time, but I think what is harder is bass players that can play the bass and sing.

Something interesting has happened over the last 10 years in the Premier League. Players who once would have been discarded as expensive and too old have become important parts of title-winning squads.

The money is in a different league these days, of course, but I have special memories of the 60s and 70s which players today don't have. There wasn't the same celebrity attitude and media exposure. We had a bit more freedom.

Players are ready to play, We're not on strike. It's a lockout.

You have to defeat a great players aura more than his game.

Our journey has taken 21 players but our goal is still the same, to win the World Cup.

There is also something called the Legislature. There is something called the press. There is something called people. These are all different players on the stage.

By analogy, if we were to develop a soccer team, then we would not invite basketball and volleyball players to the try outs. We would invite soccer players to apply.

I have made it totally clear to the players that my door will always be open.

They changed the floor back to old school. They changed the uniform back to old school. Somebody tell the damn players to start playing like old school.

I wanted the players to feel like they were part of a family, to be conscious of that controlled togetherness as they made that slow entrance onto the field. It had a great psychological effect on the opposing team, too. They'd never seen anything like it.

Big players want to play in front of big audiences.

During such a competition players are there for a long time as well as all the people around them. They need to train, to eat, to go out. There ought to be something in it for everyone. On that particular point, my experience has been a bonus.

I know it's more five-star now than it was then, but it's still a difficult tour. In the same way as India and Pakistan players find it difficult coming to Australia. People sometimes have difficulty believing that.

I'm starting to see players copy what I do. I'm flattered.

I think of guitar players in terms of doctors: you have the doctor for your heart, the cardiologist, then one that works on your feet, your leg. But I believe George Benson is the one that plays all over. To me, he would be the M.D. of them all.

The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.

Usually older players, late in the season, start to get cold.

Players today are concerned about the money, but the large dollars only go to those players who are the best.

People have to understand how important it is for the players to let off steam, switch off and relax.

Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.

I do still have some of the experience from playing, but it's been so long since I've been out in those quarters, semis, finals, the important final matches, just against the top players.

I'm going to try to enjoy the All-Star break, hope my players reflect on what happened the first half of the season, come back with a different attitude, try to find our solution on how to win it.

All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.