#player

Even though there are a lot of bright tennis players out there, you still have to protect yourself and save all your mental and emotional energies for tennis. ↗

— Chris Evert

#emotional #energies #even #lot #mental

Relationships are give-and-take, and when you're a tennis player, you're certainly not giving. You have to be self-absorbed. It has to be about you. ↗

— Chris Evert

#certainly #giving #player #relationships #self-absorbed

Winning a ring is everybody's goal, whether you're a player or a coach. ↗

— Patrick Ewing

#everybody #goal #player #ring #whether

Getting a chance to practice six months against my own teammates, who I consider the best soccer players in the world, there's no way I couldn't improve. ↗

— Lorrie Fair

#best #chance #consider #getting #i

In Hollywood people lie to each other and cheat each other and then go and play tennis. But I don't want to be a tennis player. ↗

— David Geffen

#each #go #hollywood #hollywood people #i

The thing with NBA teams, a lot of times they just want to get you back on the floor to play, so as a player you've got to be very, very smart. ↗

— Andrew Bogut

#floor #get #got #just #lot

In 1981, at age 31, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league. ↗

— Julius Erving

#basketball #best #i #league #most

When I played, the owners had the power. The prisoners are running the prison now, not the warden. The warden is strong and he has say so but, the balance of power is definitely with the players. ↗

— Julius Erving

#balance of power #definitely #had #i #now

And that's why, you know, it's players like Randy Moss that unfortunately put a stain on the entire league. ↗

— Boomer Esiason

#know #league #like #moss #players

But what I'd really like to tell you is I never dreamed of being in the Hall of Fame. Standing here with all these great players was beyond any of my dreams. ↗

— Robin Yount

#being #beyond #dreamed #dreams #fame