Quotes of: Basketball-player Keyword

The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that.

Boris Spassky

I think each player and myself live things differently because I have no physical effort to make.

Guy Forget

I know most of the black players who preceded and followed me at Duke. They all contribute to our tradition of excellence on the court.

Grant Hill

The worst thing is the day you realize you want to win more than the players do.

Gene Mauch

I think in the lifetime of a tennis player there are many times where you feel that tremendous confidence.

Gabriela Sabatini

My goal is to make a player think, 'I want to reenter this world of lies tomorrow.'

Hideo Kojima

Stories in which the player doesn't inhabit the main character are difficult for games to handle.

Hideo Kojima

Four times out of five the linesman gets a better view of the ball near him than the player himself.

Helen Wills Moody

I hate to speak about individuals. Players don't win you trophies, teams win trophies, squads win trophies.

Jose Mourinho

There's an old saying amongst players in football talking about your general manger and coaches, they speak with a forked tongue.

Joe Namath

I'm a Michael Jordan fan just like everyone else. I just don't think he's the greatest player ever.

John Salley

I think the greatest player I've ever played against was Magic Johnson. Next, was Larry Bird. Then, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

John Salley

I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.

Dimebag Darrell

If you can defend, counter-attack and take the initiative then you become a more dangerous player.

Jo Durie

I am a pretty tough guy. I'm an old hockey player.

Jim Flaherty

It would be fantastic to have the two top-ranked players in the world playing out of the same club.

John Higgins

There's no need to overwhelm yourself with thoughts, because you know that you're just as good or better than some of the players you're going up against.

Cobi Jones

I think what's really the most ideal thing is for the player themselves, within their own imagination, to carve out what they view as being the essence of the character.

Shigeru Miyamoto

As a player you are always made to feel welcome, but at the same time, there is too much pressure.

David Gower

Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players.

Emanuel Ax

At the time, I didn't know that bass would not be enough for me. I'm not a bass player because bass is always a background instrument even to this very day.

Eberhard Weber