#layers

Players are ready to play, We're not on strike. It's a lockout. ↗

— Dwyane Wade

#players #ready #strike

I never really had a chance to know the players individually... I thought when they were on the floor, they worked hard. But I never really got to know them. ↗

— Lenny Wilkens

#floor #got #had #hard #i

I was also very lucky to be a teammate of two of the greatest players to have ever played the game. I learned very early on by playing for Frank Robinson and with Henry Aaron that even the greatest players in the game were just one of the guys. ↗

— Robin Yount

#also #early #even #ever #frank

Too much money at a young age, it just takes your eye off the ball. And you're not as hungry as players used to be. You think you've made it before you've done anything. ↗

— Ryan Giggs

#anything #ball #before #done #eye

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. ↗

— Ryan Giggs

#each #everything #fighting #footballers #got

The owners don't win by having a lockout. Shutting down your business is not good for anybody and it's certainly not good for the players, it's certainly not good for the fans. And that's most important to us. ↗

— Roger Goodell

#business #certainly #down #fans #good

I don't want players coming in from the college level that are either trying to avoid a suspension, declare themselves ineligible on their own, hire an agent and decide, 'I'm going to enter into the NFL.' ↗

— Roger Goodell

#avoid #college #college level #coming #decide

What is true of the NFL is that it has been well-managed over the years. And that has been beneficial to the fans, it's been beneficial to the game itself, it's been beneficial to the players, coaches and everyone involved. ↗

— Roger Goodell

#beneficial #coaches #everyone #fans #game

Golf is growing, and there are more good young players, but you don't see them going abroad. It's so expensive to travel. ↗

— Retief Goosen

#expensive #going #golf #good #growing

My book has a very simple surface, but there are layers of irony and paradox all the way through it. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#irony #layers #paradox #simple #surface