#players

A manager should stay as far away as possible from his players. I don't know if I said ten words to Frank Robinson while he played for me. ↗

— Earl Weaver

#far #far away #frank #his #i

The only football players in my time were fellows who really loved to play football. They were not in it for the money. There wasn't much money there. They would have played football for nothing. ↗

— Red Grange

#football #football players #loved #money #much

I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me. ↗

— Richard Thompson

#because #diligently #glad #guitar #guitar players

I don't know concretely if it's due to superstition, but any time a new rule is implemented into the NBA or a new piece of equipment or a new technology, there is always a transition and adjustment period by players and coaches and anyone involved with the game. ↗

— Stu Jackson

#always #any #anyone #coaches #due

I would love to see as many of the black players as possible in today's Major League Baseball make every effort to go to the Negro Leagues Museum and get a first-hand view of how it all started. ↗

— Ferguson Jenkins

#black #effort #every #first-hand #get

All of a sudden I'm in the major leagues and we're traveling from town to town. I see the other players dressing different every day. I've got only one suit and I keep wearing it over and over. I'm really embarrassed. ↗

— Al Kaline

#different #dressing #embarrassed #every #every day

I'll never forget that first night with the team. Going to the ballpark on the bus was the hardest 30 minutes of my life. I had to walk down that aisle between all the players. I really didn't know too much about the Detroit Tigers at that time. ↗

— Al Kaline

#about #aisle #ballpark #between #bus

Players shy away from talking to announcers today. ↗

— Al Kaline

#away #players #shy #talking #today

What gets me upset about with the newer players is their lack of intensity. They tend to go through the motions a little bit. They don't understand that you've got to practice the way you play. ↗

— Al Kaline

#bit #gets #go #got #intensity

Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#exceptional #fighters #great #nature #players