#aye

At the end of the competition, I played the Liszt concerto and I felt my head was on the block. Well, I won. ↗

— Andre Boucourechliev

#competition #concerto #end #felt #head

For my part, I confess I seldom listen to the players: one has so much to do, in looking about and finding out one's acquaintance, that, really, one has no time to mind the stage. One merely comes to meet one's friends, and show that one's alive. ↗

— Fanny Burney

#acquaintance #alive #comes #confess #finding

I had a reporter ask me what it was like to have my best years over so soon. It stayed with me. ↗

— Sam Raimi

#best #had #i #like #me

As a horn player, the greatest compliment one can get is when a person comes to you and says, 'I heard this saxophone on the radio the other day and I knew it was you. I don't know the song, but I know it was you on sax.' ↗

— Clarence Clemons

#compliment #day #get #greatest #heard

If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot. ↗

— Oscar Robertson

#basketball #basketball player #got #player #shoot

But I can't remember who is in my CD player now. ↗

— Eric Roberts

#i #now #player #remember #who

You've got to learn the footwork, the positioning, how to box out, how to pass, how to shoot your free throws. All these things are necessary, not to be the No. 1 player in the world, but maybe you can play against him. ↗

— Oscar Robertson

#box #footwork #free #got #him

People come out to see the players. When do you see a manager anyway? When he's out on the field arguing with the umpires, making a fool of himself and you know you can't win, and when he brings out the line-up card. ↗

— Frank Robinson

#arguing #brings #card #come #field

I'm a video game fan. I played them before I became an actress. ↗

— Michelle Rodriguez

#became #before #fan #game #i

I can play every instrument there is, every horn, I've played all the saxes and trumpets and everything and keyboards. ↗

— Dick Dale

#everything #horn #i #i can #instrument