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Pete Carroll Football Coach
Player

"Our philosophy doesn't change. We're always competing. But the ways to approach it and the ways to make that up and make it available to our players, there's no end to that. That's why the thought is that you're either competing or you're not, and that's why I'm learning and searching and trying to transfer information to our coaches and to our players."

Trying Philosophy Player
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Peter King Politician
Player

"I've been accused over the years of being close to players, but if something needs to be written, I've tried my best to write it and write it in a way that is fair to whoever I'm writing about and is fair to all of my readers."

Writing Years Player
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Calvin Ayre Entrepreneur
Player

"I can understand the frustration felt by the many basketball players who feel that they have been forced to conform with the league's new dress code, .. Iverson and other NBA players have suggested that they will not abide by the league's dress code, and Bodog.com will offer to reimburse any fines levied, and match the payment with a donation to each player's charity of choice."

Player Basketball Frustration
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Eric Davis Baseball Player
Player

"I don't think any player lives up to his potential, because people out there put you so high on a pedestal, you'll never be as good as they expect."

People Thinking Player
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Diana Ross Singer
Player

"I'm from a singing family, but they're not professional singers, only gospel - my grandfather was a minister. I started to sing the music that was out then because my mother used to play it all the time. It was the end of the '50s, the beginning of the '60s. There was Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers, Etta James... We used to sit outside on the stoop and sing. We even used to put our radios and record players outside."

Mother Player Teenager
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Cootie Williams Jazz musician
Player

"Louis Armstrong changed all the brass players around, but after Bird, all of the instruments had to change - drums, piano, bass, trombones, trumpets, saxophones, everything."

Player Memorable Piano
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Umberto Eco Writer, Philosopher, Literary Critic
Player

"To play the trumpet, you must train your lips for a long time. When I was twelve or thirteen I was a good player, but I lost the skill and now I play very badly. I do it every day even so. The reason is that I want to return to my childhood. For me, the trumpet is evidence of the sort of young man I was."

Men Player Skills
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Rey Maualuga American Football Player
Player

"I want to become the player that the offense gameplans around, that the offense fears coming into the game."

Want Games Player
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Shelley Long Actress
Player

"He[Ted Danson] was clearly not a football player, and not only physically. He didn't bring that attitude, that mentality. At the time, there was a [Red Sox] relief pitcher named Bill Lee, the "Spaceman." He was kind of nuts, as we found out a lot of relievers are."

Attitude Player Football
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Robert Kiyosaki Businessman, Author
Player

"In order to be a player on the fast track, you will need to have a plan on how to gain more and more control. On the fast track, it is control more than money that counts."

Order Player Track
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