#players

It was a wonderful experience to play in the NFL, and I have no regrets. I truly will miss playing for the Lions. I consider the Lions' players, coaches, staff, management and fans my family. I leave on good terms with everyone in the organization. ↗

— Barry Sanders

#consider #everyone #experience #family #fans

More and more these days what I find myself doing in my stories is making a representation of goodness and a representation of evil and then having those two run at each other full-speed, like a couple of PeeWee football players, to see what happens. Who stays standing? Whose helmet goes flying off? ↗

— George Saunders

#days #doing #each #evil #find

I've had one very bad ankle injury but otherwise I've been incredibly lucky with my fitness. I've worked hard at it and I've always been fit even compared to other players. That sustains you through various parts of your career, but I am 36. ↗

— Graeme Le Saux

#am #ankle #bad #been #career

In order to gain the respect of your players in the locker room, you can't just perform on Saturday. You have to do it consistently during practices, meetings, and in the weight room. ↗

— Junior Seau

#during #gain #just #locker #locker room

I'm not God's gift to rockabilly. There's great players out there, and some of them deserve a lot more than they've gotten. ↗

— Brian Setzer

#gift #god #gotten #great #i

Players respond to coaches who really have their best interests at heart. ↗

— Mike Singletary

#best interests #coaches #heart #interests #players

Players have responsibility, and if they don't do their job, certain things happen. Coaches have responsibility. If they don't do their job, things happen. ↗

— Mike Singletary

#certain things #coaches #happen #job #players

In my day, the players used to work their socks off. It's all changed now, obviously. ↗

— Gordon Smith

#day #now #obviously #off #players

We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed. ↗

— Willie Stargell

#batting #becoming #bleed #devote #entire

Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story. ↗

— Casey Stengel

#easy #finding #getting #good #play