#player

There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am here, and if wasn't producing results no one would notice me. ↗

— Anna Kournikova

#first #first of all #here #i #i am

Reading isn't good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn't hit home runs. So I gave up reading. ↗

— Babe Ruth

#ballplayer #bit #even #eyes #gave

I'm not a person or a selfish player, but we have to move the ball more, and we have to look further the team game, because we have enough talent to use different players. ↗

— Pau Gasol

#because #different #different players #enough #further

I remember the day coach decided to bench me. We were walking in a botanical garden.
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— Jarod Kintz

#botanical #coach #garden #memory #player

Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation. ↗

— Boris Spassky

#compensation #dynamic #element #important #material

Balls should be good for at least six sets, and for more for the average player. But if the rallies are long, they do not last as long as this. There is a fuzz on the surface that wears off on the hard court. ↗

— Helen Wills Moody

#balls #court #fuzz #good #hard

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be. ↗

— Wayne Gretzky

#going #good #great #hockey #hockey player

That $27,000 that a young player will now get just for making the main draw at the Australian Open is huge. It can set them up for a couple of months which at that level you really do need that kind of help. It sounds like a lot of money, but when you're travelling the world trying to make it as a tennis player, it doesn't last long. ↗

— Samantha Stosur

#couple #draw #get #help #huge

I don't blame the players today for the money. I blame the owners. They started it. They wanna give it to 'em? More power to 'em. ↗

— Yogi Berra

#give #i #money #more #more power

I quit my band in New York City in 1969 and I got really angry at them. I got angry at one of my guitar players and I dove over the drum set and we got into a fight. ↗

— Steven Tyler

#band #city #dove #drum #drum set