#player

Christ, he was paranoid about criticism. I used to say: why doesn't he worry about the team and forget what people are saying? He got Phil Thompson, who was a kid coming through when I was a Liverpool player, to have a go at me. So now I don't talk to him. ↗

— Ian St. John

#christ #coming #criticism #forget #go

If you're a basketball player and you don't stop and take pictures with your fans, you can have an amazing game and everyone still loves you. ↗

— Kim Kardashian

#ball player #basketball #basketball player #everyone #fans

To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well. ↗

— Anatoly Karpov

#champion #human #human being #more #player

It's better to have done because then you know what the player is going through and you understand the pressure, but then on the other hand I know a lot of people that were good players but not good coaches, and vice versa. ↗

— Guy Forget

#better #coaches #done #going #good

I had a coach that was not a great player, but he taught with kids and juniors so that by the time he was 50 he was great. He helped me make the top 5 in the world and yet he wasn't a great player himself. ↗

— Guy Forget

#coach #great #had #helped #himself

I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition. ↗

— Imran Khan

#i #outstanding #player #wanted

Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#big #clarinet #goodman #i #influences

Bernstein grew up in my building in New York. He's a very, very fine player. When he was a kid, he came by to find out what was going on in the world of jazz. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#building #came #find #fine #going

I always felt as a horn player, a jam session wasn't satisfying enough for me. I should have been a rhythm section player, actually. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#always #been #enough #felt #horn

Most jazz players work out their solos, at least to the extent that they have a very specific vocabulary. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#jazz #jazz players #least #most #out