#layer

Then all the foreigners started coming over. I don't mind that but a lot of teams are laying out fortunes for ordinary players and that's no good for our youngsters coming through. ↗

— Paul Gascoigne

#foreigners #fortunes #good #i #laying

Not only is Rip Hamilton an outstanding basketball player, he is also known for giving back to his community. ↗

— Jim Gerlach

#back #ball player #basketball #basketball player #community

But I think the Champions League Final puts a massive pressure on every player and the manager, but we're enjoying the pressure and hopefully we can go there and win it. ↗

— Steven Gerrard

#enjoying #every #final #go #hopefully

The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didn't think he could do. ↗

— Ring Lardner

#ball #ball game #ballplayer #could #game

I love the game very much, but when you were a certain type of player for a few years, being a front-end starter, that's the way I still think I can pitch. But the body tells you no. ↗

— Al Leiter

#body #certain #few #game #i

For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a professional hockey player. ↗

— Mario Lemeiux

#hockey player #i #i can #key player #long

We, as a league, must do a better job of protecting the integrity of the game and the safety of our players. ↗

— Mario Lemeiux

#better job #game #integrity #job #league

All I can say to the young players is, enjoy every moment of it. Just enjoy every moment of it. Your career goes by very quickly. ↗

— Mario Lemieux

#enjoy #every #goes #i #i can

Everybody I talked to - from my friends to my family and some of the players - really gave me a lot of support from the start. And that certainly made me feel good about trying to come back and be one of the best again. ↗

— Mario Lemieux

#again #back #best #certainly #come

But to be fair, if you take players from my era to now, the game has changed and the players have many more shots. They use them differently than we did. The speed of the game has changed. ↗

— Ivan Lendl

#did #differently #era #fair #game