Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.
As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because you either loved them or you hated them.
Great players make great plays.
I visited New York in '63, intending to move there, but I noticed that what I valued about jazz was being discarded. I ran into `out-to-lunch' free jazz, and the notion that groove was old-fashioned. All around the United States, I could see jazz becoming linear, a horn-player's world. It made me realize that we were not jazz musicians; we were territory musicians in love with all forms of African-American music. All of the musicians I loved were territory musicians, deeply into blues and gospel as well as jazz.
I always said to myself that if I thought I slipped and could not be the player that I want to be, then it was time for me to go.
The trouble with Earl Barrett is that he's one paced .... Zooommmmm.
Describing certain sounds, there's a common language that guitar players have.
There are guys in country music who are wizards on the guitar. If you're a country fan, you're used to it. But as a rock guitar player, you listen.
I think I could have become an outstanding professional baseball player, but I don't think I could have reached the heights that I have in football - being one of the very top players in the game, being a world champion.
There's an old saying amongst players in football talking about your general manger and coaches, they speak with a forked tongue.
I had twelve years as a Tottenham player under Bill Nicholson and could not have wished to have played for a better manager. I can still hear his wise words in my head when I am out on the training ground as a manager myself.
We have very smart players and they've been fortunate to play for three very good coaches.
I don't think I'll ever feel as famous or as popular as I felt when I was a 17-year-old soccer player in Modle. Only about 20,000 people live there and 12,000 of them come to every game. Running onto the pitch each week was just the most fantastic feeling. Nothing can beat that.
If you can defend, counter-attack and take the initiative then you become a more dangerous player.
The bottom line is just that Rickey Henderson was my favorite player. His flair, his style-the key word is impact-he's an impact player.
Every player that plays for any organization, having great fans on your side every night is a great thing.
I am absolutely confident that St. Louis can attract major players in technology and make the companies that are here blossom.
I get paid a lot of money to play a game with the greatest players in the world. What could be better than that?
I knew I was the second-best tennis player in the state of Florida and No. 8 in the United States of America when I was 12 years old and I couldn't tell you what I was in baseball, but I liked my chances in tennis of getting a scholarship to college.
The reason I didn't take the baseball route is because they don't have rankings for baseball players.
You need to look to make a cohesive calendar that makes sense and helps elongate the careers of your players as opposed to shorten them inadvertently.
To run any system, you've got to grow your personnel and your players have to have a certain skill set.
I was a basketball player. I'm a gym rat. I'm always in the gym playing.
Nobody I ever broke bread with, and I see players all the time, talked about using their head running the football.
I'm not pro-owner or pro-player. I am pro-football. I want the game to go on. I want the game to be tough. I don't want the game to be a killer of our players.
