#layers

It often seemed like we had become a nation where the only heroes were rock singers and ball players and that there were no large men of probity who could be called upon for the task. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

#become #called #could #had #heroes

I love little kids looking up to me, young players looking up to me, respecting me. ↗

— David Beckham

#i love #kids #little #little kids #looking

I'd far rather talk about players. They are the people who make things happen. ↗

— Jock Stein

#far #happen #i #make #people

Videogame players essentially choose whether to win the game or to die heroically. There's a certain glory in both. ↗

— John Green

#certain #choose #die #essentially #game

We need just two players to be a contender. Just Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax. ↗

— Whitey Herzog

#babe ruth #contender #just #koufax #need

We've got to have a radical rethink of the way the sport is funded to help the young players develop. ↗

— John Higgins

#funded #got #help #players #radical

Once I'm at the arena with the guys in the dressing room, and in the bus, and on the plane, I'm a player. And I sit in the back with the players and I play cards and try to take their money. ↗

— Mario Lemieux

#back #bus #cards #dressing #dressing room

Reading reviews makes you thin-skinned. It's like waves washing layers off your skin. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#like #makes #off #reading #reviews

I never give up on my players, and I'll never give up on people. ↗

— Art Modell

#i #never #never give up #people #players

We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it. ↗

— Allen Iverson

#coaches #fired #get #lot #players