#layers

I worry when athletes are simply used by their universities to produce revenue, to make money for them, nothing to show at the back end. I grew up with a lot of players who had very, very tough lives after the ball started bouncing for them. And that's why I'm going to continue to fight. ↗

— Arne Duncan

#athletes #back #ball #bouncing #continue

I'm not into those kind of rivalries. I remember standing out in front of Stratford, minding my own business. Carload of about eighty kids would pull up: 'STRATFORD SUCKS!' Am I supposed to run after these guys? I'd just stand there, you know. They'd back up. 'STRATFORD SUCKS! ...STRATFORD SUCKS!' I'd say, 'I know. I go there. You're wasting gas, man. ↗

— Bill Hicks

#humor #rivalry #school-rivalries #school-spirit #stratford

It strikes me that these days, clubs don't even want players who can truly play any more; they just want athletes, quick guys who don't have a football brain, can just run and run; some of them, Jesus. I can never imagine acting like that. ↗

— Robbie Fowler

#any #athletes #brain #clubs #days

There's always room for improvement. We have a nucleus that's pretty good. You want players that will help. ↗

— Jason Kidd

#good #help #improvement #nucleus #players

The manager is by himself. He can't mingle with his players. I enjoyed my players, but I could not socialize with them so I spent a lot of time alone in my hotel room. Those four walls kind of close in on you. ↗

— Al Lopez

#close #could #enjoyed #four #himself

Our players are mad, but it's good mad. ↗

— Nancy Lopez

#mad #our #players

I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself. ↗

— Connie Mack

#ever #first #first thing #guess #handle

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break. ↗

— John Madden

#break #coach #fewer #players #rules

It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#away #gotten #jazz #physical #players

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. ↗

— Simon Conway Morris

#drama #ecological #leading #life #obtaining