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"Human affairs are like a chess-game: only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Life is like an earthen pot: only when it is shattered, does it manifest its emptiness."
"The breath of the flute player: does it belong to the flute?"
"But man is a fickle and disreputable creature and perhaps, like a chess-player, is interested in the process of attaining his goal rather than the goal itself."
"...you could be the best team or the best player in different generations and people respect each other. Nobody cares who was the best."
"There was no publicity. You had to like it. There was no pressure, just great competition. The attitude of the coaches and players was exceptional."
"Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player."
"As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be."
"Seeing the same coverages, the same personnel, and for us to change the whole scenery, and bring somebody else in that’s necessarily competitive, a professional competitiveness, where guys are respecting each other’s careers, but yet are getting better. For us to come out here and a get a win, I think it helped us with those practices."
"My mental approach is totally different. My coach predicated everything on defense. He always talked about defense, defense, defense. I took it to heart that if you play defense, you can take the heart from an offensive player."
"I've had many a player tell me all through high school and right up until signing day that they were coming to Alabama, then they signed with somebody else."
"The best way to stop the problem of agents would be for the NCAA to come down hard and suspend a school for two years if it finds players with agents on campus."
"For me the most important thing has always been tennis, and that's what I want to get across the image I want to portray is a hard-working tennis player."
"Players, Sir! I look on them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint stools to make faces and produce laughter, like dancing dogs."
"So, I really don't consider myself a fabulous keyboard player."
"Fear is going to be a player in your life, but you get to decide how much."
"He [Beckham] has two feet, which a lot of players don't have nowadays."
"When you play against dirty players or very tough players, it's easy to escape because you know what they're going to do. But when the player is tough but intelligent, it's much more difficult."
"Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is time. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your men will be wiped off the board by time. You are playing against a partner who will not tolerate indecision!"
"I have had players who are good, and who know they are good; I have had players who are bad and know they are bad; I have had players who are good, but who don't know they are good; I have had players who are bad, but who don't know they are bad. It is this last group that has won more games for me than the first three groups combined."
"Age is as much an asset for character players as it is for good wine. Human experiences, both good and bad, leave their marks on one's face and bearing. A few lines on the face and a few gray hairs coupled with the idiosyncrasies an actor adopts throughout life help out round out the actor's personality. So far as I'm concerned, the older a character actor gets, the firmer his position is."
