Play Quotes - Page 180

A key basketball skill is imagery. The best players "see" situations before they happen so they can be prepared

I never went into a tournament or round of golf thinking I had to beat a certain player. I had to beat the golf course. If I prepared myself for a major, went in focused, and then beat the golf course, the rest took care of itself.

I'm just a one-instrument player. I have been known to play a blender, but I basically play - just play the violin.

Play the move that forces the win in the simplest way. Leave the brilliancies to Alekhine, Keres and Tal.

Football players, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers.

At gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck.

As a writer, you get to play, you get alter time, you get to come up with the smart lines and the clever comebacks you wish you'd thought of.

Coaching is about finding a system that works for your players. There are some underlying principles which are applied in any coaching situation but it's about picking the lock to get this group of players to play the best volleyball they're capable of playing for a long period of time.

Playboy, very clearly, from the outset, has fought against the historical repression of women. The notion that we were anywhere else simply defies the reality.

You always want to be able to convey items of interest, items that make the fan see what's happening, help them in their conversations of comparing teams or players and then be able to back it up to open his eyes to the history of the league.

Each player, it will be observed, has eight superior Pieces or officers, and eight minor ones which are called Pawns; and, for the purpose of distinction, the Pieces and Pawns of one party are of a different color from those of the other.

A lot of people use collaborative technologies badly, then abandon them. They aren't 'plug-and-play.' The invisible part is the social skill necessary to use them.

I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.

Blend a little folly with thy worldly plans: it is delightful to give loose on a proper occasion.

I wouldn't mind doing Playboy again. But only if I had creative control.

I'm not the prototype wide receiver. But I like to think I'm one hell of a football player.

You gotta have a little kid in you to play football.

You cannot play the hypocrite before God; and to obtain pardon you must cease to sin, as well as to be exercised by a spirit of repentance.

It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games

The Blossoms and leaves in plenty From the apple tree fall each day; The merry breezes approach them, And with them merrily play.

Joe Mauer's the real deal. He is absolutely wonderful. Not only is he a great player, but he's a great human being. He's the kind of guy you'd like to see be your son.

[To actors on opening night:] You have had good equipment to work with. You've had a theater with everything you needed, and you are involved with the play; but all the way through you have been handicapped. One essential has been denied you. Tonight the audience is there; now they are sitting out front; you have everything you need.

The passion for playing Chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world

In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table.

When I was a little boy, I wanted to be a baseball player and also join the circus. With the Yankees, I've accomplished both.