Player Quotes — Page 31

PC

Football Coach

“Our philosophy doesn't change. We're always competing. But the ways to approach it and the ways to make that up and make it available to our players, there's no end to that. That's why the thought is that you're either competing or you're not, and that's why I'm learning and searching and trying to transfer information to our coaches and to our players.”

Trying Philosophy Player

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Peter King

Politician

“I've been accused over the years of being close to players, but if something needs to be written, I've tried my best to write it and write it in a way that is fair to whoever I'm writing about and is fair to all of my readers.”

Writing Years Player

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Dean Smith

Basketball Coach

“Always have your players go and pick-up the guy who draws the charge.”

Guy Player

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Dennis Miller

Comedian

“Concussion? How the hell can they tell? They're *football* players, for chrissakes!”

Player Football

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Barack Obama

Politician

“Lord Bendtner is the best player of all times”

Player Lord All Time

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Calvin Ayre

Entrepreneur

“I can understand the frustration felt by the many basketball players who feel that they have been forced to conform with the league's new dress code, .. Iverson and other NBA players have suggested that they will not abide by the league's dress code, and Bodog.com will offer to reimburse any fines levied, and match the payment with a donation to each player's charity of choice.”

Player Basketball Frustration

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Eric Davis

Baseball Player

“I don't think any player lives up to his potential, because people out there put you so high on a pedestal, you'll never be as good as they expect.”

People Thinking Player

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David Bowie

Musician, Actor

“When I was 9 years old, I wanted to be the baritone sax player in the Little Richard band.”

Years Player Band

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Diana Ross

Singer

“I'm from a singing family, but they're not professional singers, only gospel - my grandfather was a minister. I started to sing the music that was out then because my mother used to play it all the time. It was the end of the '50s, the beginning of the '60s. There was Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers, Etta James... We used to sit outside on the stoop and sing. We even used to put our radios and record players outside.”

Mother Player Teenager

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Cootie Williams

Jazz musician

“Louis Armstrong changed all the brass players around, but after Bird, all of the instruments had to change - drums, piano, bass, trombones, trumpets, saxophones, everything.”

Player Memorable Piano

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Arthur Dean

Artist

“A Soviet diplomat, like a skilled chess player, does not expect his opposite number to give up something for nothing, not even a pawn.”

Player Giving Up Opposites

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Bruce Brown

Filmmaker

“Great teams have players who understand their responsibilities.”

Responsibility Player Team

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