We talked to the referees before the game; there's always new situations to adjust, for the refs and for us as well. Even on the ice, it's good for players to talk and interact with the referee.
We've got a support system that gives our players a wonderful opportunity to graduate. If they go to class and give good effort, they can graduate from this school, and I believe that's important when you go out recruiting.
Football has an important role to play in society. Players should have a sense of social responsibility, have a moral dimension to them which shows up in good conduct.
We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.
I am very proud to be African. I want to defend African people, and I want to show to the world that African players can be as good as the Europeans and South Americans.
I have the loving support of my girlfriend who still attends Wake Forest and is nearing graduation. She helps me cope with the everyday rigors of being an NBA player.
World Class players can lay down the toughest hands and play any two cards at any time without fear. Their reads are impeccable.
I reside in a new colony for the Chinese-singing banjo player, with a population of one. At least I have something I have to do with my life.
I think it goes hand in hand because if you discipline yourself on the floor, as you become an older player or a more seasoned individual, it adds structure in your life.
I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players, and that's what I tried to do.
I used to be quite a big video game player at university and post-university in that weird moment in life before you have a proper job and you've got a lot of idle time.
For the first time in human evolution, the individual life is long enough, and the cultural transformation swift enough, that the individual mind is now a constituent player in the global transformation of human culture.
The chess player who develops the ability to play two dozen boards at a time will benefit from learning to compress his or her analysis into less time.
In international football, you need pace and you need your players up top to create things out of nothing and run at people.
It takes the pressure off of your better players to know they don't always have to be on top of their game for the team to do well.
Like, What is the least often heard sentence in the English language? That would be: Say, isn't that the banjo player's Porsche parked outside?
I've worked with a lot of first-time directors who kind of look to me for ideas and opinions and stuff, and I'm a team player.
There isn't a woman player in the world I can't give knights-odds to and still beat.
I've been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.
Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late.
I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players' equipment.
