Players Quotes

So along with that is spending a lot of time with the ball. For me it was, I loved to juggle the ball in my front yard, and I always challenged myself - how many juggles can I get today? I think for players to get better, it's just about spending the time.

Still, I believe it is only a passing phase and cricket will one day produce an abundance of great players.

I notice that teams are now more interested in Japanese players than when I first went to Europe.

It's been years since I've had a real input in the game anyway. For this game, I've just tried to keep all the other stuff away from the players and coaches.

Well, I like to - the game of serve and volley, but it's very tough, you know, against the best players because they return so good and their passing shots are really good. So it's really tough to get there with those players.

Umpires, like players, are expected to show constant improvement each season and at each level. Inconsistent plate work and the inability to handle situations are probably the two biggest problems that minor league umpires face.

The players wanted more money, higher salary caps and they didn't have that family relationship we felt with the players. Mentally, the players were more businesslike.

I don't give players a chance to hit me.

Players have a great deal of flexibility when conducting diplomatic relations with their allies.

I think today the players are too nice to one another, but that might change with the unbalanced schedule, with teams playing each other more and more. When you face each other that much, with that much at stake, something's bound to happen.

In my day, the players used to work their socks off. It's all changed now, obviously.

The courts are as a stage, people love to see attractive players.

You're looking for players whose name on the front of the sweater is more important than the one on the back. I look for these players to play hard, to play smart and to represent their country.

When I played, I received racial abuse but I was just one of a few black players and we weren't backed up by the authorities.

What you've got to realise is that footballers, and me in particular, have seen everything in the changing room. Everything. I've seen the manager kicking off with the players, the players kicking off with him, players fighting each other, managers fighting, everything.

It's hard to say if the NBA is hurt by the influx of younger players, but it's definitely impacted the league.

At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.

I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race.

I don't know concretely if it's due to superstition, but any time a new rule is implemented into the NBA or a new piece of equipment or a new technology, there is always a transition and adjustment period by players and coaches and anyone involved with the game.

A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.

The owners said that they wanted the salary cap and refused to promise that they would abide by the rules of the just-expired contract after the season ended. Believing we had no choice, the players went on strike in August of 1994.

By obtaining a sense of its place in the unfolding drama of life, set in an ecological theatre, so we can understand why it has become one of the leading players.

Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation.

We decided to either try trades or just go with older players. If you do that and let contracts expire you can be in the lottery for about four or five years and expect your fans to be patient.

There are so many great players on the men's - and women's - side. Hopefully I can keep improving and eventually play in the Masters.

Many times the players get in there and it's just about as well as they could have done, and other times they get in there and they favorites and they don't win.

It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges are. So I think lawyers sometimes exaggerate their role in winning and losing. Lawyers do have a role, and a major role, but they're not the only players in this game.

There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.

At least six Bayern players, who have won almost everything, are in the national squad.

The human element should be the two players on the court, not the officials. The best officials are the ones you never notice. The nature of the game made officials too noticeable a part.