Whatever the reason is, I hope we can finish talking about the Olympics. It's gone, it's behind us. The schedule wasn't proper for players who went there and there is some fatigue in a lot guys' play right now.
It would mean a lot to me to get into the Hall of Fame, to be grouped with some of the greatest players in history.
I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player.
I don't care if you're a man, if you're a player: If God sends you that one and your heart is in it, you'll work it out.
Mistakes are part of the game. It's how well you recover from them, that's the mark of a great player.
I've got to give Larry Bird his due; he was a great player. He knew the game and he was smart.
Tom Brady is a great quarterback, he's a great player, and what you've seen with him is he's gotten better every year.
Canadians send us great hockey players. You also send us wonderful performers, from the beginning, with Mary Pickford.
Britain has bred many great explorers, but they seem to get so little coverage compared to soccer and rugby players.
I have great memories of my years in Edmonton and the players who were my teammates.
The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.
And that is the reason why this victory is great, because different players have made contributions to the win.
All the stuff about being a drinking club, or having players who were not good enough, I treat as rubbish.
I'm a really good team player. That's what it takes to work in the theater. That's what it takes to work in a band with musicians and writers.
My wife doesn't care what I do when I'm away, as long as I don't have a good time.
I look at the records, and you don't win the Cy Young seven times or the MVP without being a good player.
I mean, to win a major, you've got to be a good player and you've got to get your breaks, as well, to win.
They have very good individual players, but they need the collective game. And they still do not have it although there are now only six months left to go.
Bill Justis was a saxophone player, good musician, arranger, and friend of mine who had a big hit called 'Raunchy.'
Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.
I went through all the musicians in my life who I admire as bright, intelligent, virtuosic players.