#playin

That result at the French was a big break for me. I had been playing quite well up until that point but nobody really expected me to do well on clay - it was my worst surface. I had had some success on the clay but I was a set and a break up in the semi-final against Jausovec and maybe the enormity of the occasion got to me. ↗

— Jo Durie

#been #big #big break #break #break up

The decision to retire was quite an easy one for me because by that stage my knees were so badly gone. If I had been like Martina Navratilova and my body had let me I would have carried on playing a lot longer. ↗

— Jo Durie

#because #been #body #carried #decision

I would also like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age. ↗

— Paul Desmond

#also #discouraged #early #early age #father

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. ↗

— Voltaire

#audience #comedian #god #laugh #playing

In terms of playing ability there is nothing to choose between number one and 100. Instead, it's a question of who believes and who wants it more? Which player is mentally stronger? Which player is going to fight the hardest in the big points? These are the things that determine who is the champion. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

#believes #between #big #champion #choose

I'm not particularly interested in playing characters that think the way I do. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#i #i do #interested #particularly #playing

Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing something and you're receiving it. It is sending and receiving. ↗

— Carla Bley

#because #else #important #listening #more

My dad was a carpenter and I would work with him during the summer and umpire on the nights I wasn't playing. ↗

— Jim Evans

#dad #during #him #i #nights

But it's also because of something personal. My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for the game. If it weren't for chess, I might not be here. ↗

— Dorothy Dunnett

#always #because #chess #father #fondness

You can't think that you're playing a villain, or you'll end up with a cartoon. You have to think about him as a person and a hero. ↗

— Tom Berenger

#cartoon #end #hero #him #person