I Am Player Quotes

#1. Do I use VORP? I may be using it and not even know it, and if I am, it's nobody's business. There are a lot of different criteria in judging players. I think I use, um, esoteric qualitative mathematical review times five. That's one of them.

Ned Colletti

#2. I am a great football player. I had my own club when I was 14 years old. Football is in my blood, and I have been a fan of Fulham for the last 30 years.

Mohamed Al-Fayed

#3. I think I've gotten more attention after the Olympics than any other U.S. athlete, and it's really great that people are recognizing who I am and what I do. You look at Shaq and you see a basketball player. You look at Tiger Woods and you see a golfer. But people are responding to who I am.

Johnny Weir

#4. Or as hockey player Sergei Fedorov knows it, 'The day I can legally start telling everyone I am sleeping with Anna Kournikova.'

Craig Kilborn

#5. I've been around so long that I might be in record books for being the longest, weirdest, most pathetic great player ever. Look t how precocious I am at 33.

Vince Spadea

#6. I am tired of all these golfers who are happy with second place. The only one who will like you if you come in second place is your wife and your dog. And that is only if you have a good wife and a good dog.

Gary Player

#7. I said to the players before the start, 'Just go out and give it 100 per cent. I am not asking for any more than that'.

Carlton Palmer

#8. I simply am going to look you in the eye and say that if the United States hopes to remain a major player among nations, facing challenges such as poverty, inadequate education, and global market competition, we're going to need to draw deeply from our entire talent pool, not just half of it.

Kathy Cloninger

#9. I am a lucky player; a powerful winning force surrounds me.

Mike Caro

#10. I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am.

Ryne Sandberg

#11. I am the greatest tennis player. The other players are like coins in my pocket that I give to a homeless man.

Novak Djokovic

#12. Everywhere I've been, I've been the best player. I love being a leader, and I love being the best. I just want to get better. It's not about being cocky or selfish or anything like that. It's just how I am.

LeBron James

#13. I am always giving advice to young players about how things are, how important it is to work hard every day to reach the glory days.

Milagros Cabral

#14. You may have the bishop pair but I have the ultimate advantage; I am the better player!

John Adams

#15. I am really proud to HAVE been an Arsenal player.

Cesc Fabregas

#16. I don't like the word 'rock star' or 'super star.' I am a guitar player, a songwriter who got lucky because I stayed at it and didn't give up, long enough that people noticed me.

Randy Bachman

#17. I'm the type of player I am.

Caroline Wozniacki

#18. I've always said when I broke in I was an average player. I had an average arm, average speed and definitely an average bat. I am still average in all of those.

Brooks Robinson

#19. My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.

Larry Bird

#20. Almost everybody's here doing the same thing. Who am I to come up with an excuse when there's 64 other players here doing the same thing? 63 others, sorry.

Andy Roddick

#21. The players who said I am the dirtiest player in the league, it's ultimately their opinion, but I would love to hear from many of them on their true opinion on that.

Ndamukong Suh

#22. I am nervous about this game. The Cowboys' best player, quarterback Tony Romo, is not going to play because he has a broken finger. The Cowboys ought to be able to win without Tony Romo because the St. Louis Rams are terrible, but I am still nervous.

Craig Lancaster

#23. I am afraid of a lot of things. A dog. I could be afraid of a dog that's upset, for example. And on the tennis courts, maybe on the outside I look fearless, but on the inside, I'm scared. There's not one player in the world who isn't nervous before matches. Especially important matches.

Rafael Nadal

#24. I am very excited to be included in the very first college baseball Hall of Fame class. For me to be honored with these coaches and players that I have grown to admire and respect is very special. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone in Lubbock.

Skip Bertman

#25. Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.

Miles Davis

#26. I am very filmmaker oriented, as a producer. I think the most important thing is that you have to really choose the players carefully.

Nina Jacobson

#27. Still to this day, I am deeply satisfied when watching a guitar player who is connected with their art and instrument. GuitarTV helps you tap into that connection, and to each other.

Steve Vai

#28. I couldn't change who I am; I couldn't change the kind of player I am.

Tiffeny Milbrett

#29. Fortunately I am a mentally strong person and believe I will learn from the experience and continue to improve as a player and person because of it.
(on breaking his leg)

Michael Owen

#30. My goal is to let people see who I am as a person, not just a basketball player. Many people see athletes in a certain way - flat and one dimensional. I want to change that view.

Blake Griffin

#31. I am and will always be just simply a basball [sic] player, my tomb stone will just say. Baseball.

Jose Canseco

#32. It's kind of like ... It's kind of like playin' a basketball game. I am there and the other player is there, and it's just the two of us and I put the other player's body in my van. And I am the winner.

Chris Onstad

#33. I am an Arsenal player and I don't think about anything else. I'm not going to say no to anybody, nor am I going to say yes to anybody. I did not say that I was going to leave Arsenal to go to Barcelona, because equally Barcelona doesn't want me.

Cesc Fabregas

#34. I don't know why you're making the poor girl play with you," Peter said. "You're going to completely slaughter her."
"Well, I am the greatest Guitar Hero player of all time," Jack said.

Amanda Hocking

#35. The majority of players are looking for reasons to fold. I am looking for reasons to play.

Daniel Negreanu

#36. My brother Martin is two years younger than me. There has never been any competition between us - clearly he was the good-looking one; he was also very sporty, and I am not a football player.

Gary Kemp

#37. I am, by nature, a guitar player ... I learned all of these other instruments around that, and around the theory that I built learning the guitar.

Hunter Hayes

#38. I'm just trying to get as good as I can get, I am still young but there is always room to learn so I spend a lot of time watching players in other leagues to get better.

Steve Purdy

#39. I love sports. If I could be a baseball player I would. I just am not good at it at all.

Eric Hutchinson

#40. I am here to give my players the little push they need, just like they needed long ago, when first learning the art of the swing. All you needed then was a little push, and quickly you were pumping away, flying higher and higher, without any more help from the 'coach.'

John Kessel

#41. Who am I being that my players' eyes are not shining?

Benjamin Zander

#42. Am I a control freak? No. Do I believe in organization? You bet. In discipline? In being on time and making sure everything at the hotel is ready and right? Definitely. I don't control players. I try to control the environment around the players so they can flourish.

Pat Riley

#43. I am not a player anymore.

Michael Irvin

#44. I am still better than lots of players.

Shahid Afridi

#45. I am a frustrated saxophone player. If I could, I would abandon all of my books, and I would trade it all if I could play the way people I admire play.

Robert Pinsky

#46. Every soccer player can be on the edge, at the limit, be the bad guy. We have to get used to it. Sometimes I am one of those.

Luis Suarez

#47. I always give respect to and pay homage to New York, because I don't feel like I would be the player that I am today if it wasn't for New York City. It gives you a certain edge, a certain toughness just growing up in the city.

Joakim Noah

#48. I am a player in life, not an observer. I look at herpes the way you look at a scraped knee.

Doug Stanhope

#49. Thank you to my family, my fans and fans of other teams for their support. The NFL is a fraternity of brothers and I am thankful for the tweets, phone calls and text messages from my fellow players. God Bless everyone and thank u so much,

Adrian Peterson

#50. Humanity is in my heart. Do I suffer fools? No. Am I a stickler for my profession? Yes. I am a task master? Yes. My military background, football background, I'm a team player all the way, and I love winning.

Isaiah Washington

#51. In the NBA, you can't run from guys. I think a lot of teams were surprised by my interviews, how nice and well-spoken I am as a player and as a person. I'm a guy who wants to learn.

Shabazz Muhammad

#52. I am the world's worst good bridge player.

Louis J. Mordell

#53. I am a saxophone player.

Nick Offerman

#54. I never want to hurt anyone on the ice. That's not the type of player I am.

Carl Hagelin

#55. I am just a player trying to do what Im told.

LaDainian Tomlinson

#56. Lampard, for me, was a marvellous servant for Chelsea, but I didn't think of him as an elite international footballer. And I am one of the few who felt Gerrard was not a top, top player.

Alex Ferguson

#57. I am the most loyal player money can buy.

Don Sutton

#58. I'm a basketball player. That's what I do and what I love but that's just not all who I am. I'm talented in a lot of different areas.

Kevin Durant

#59. I am an average player, but even the great players don't have an average of 42, with a strike-rate of 75.

Misbah-ul-Haq

#60. I am going to be a professional soccer player.

Hope Solo

#61. Me walk away? What? Never. I always believe that I am the best manager in the world. Why should I have to walk out? I have been working 24 hours a day. The players have to adapt to me, to one person. I cannot be a fake Di Canio.

Paolo Di Canio

#62. I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.

Bill Walton

#63. Italian football is great but for me, for the style of player I am, I found it too tactical, too slow.

Djibril Cisse

#64. You are either a pawn or a player. I am no one's tool. I am no one's pawn. I am a player. In the world of kill or be killed I'm a murderess. I will ripe out your throat with my bare hands and lick the blood from my fingers.-Lilith

Ashley Jeffery

#65. We are about creating a new wave of talent. We are the Manchester United of kitchens now. Am I playing full-time in the kitchen? I am a player-coach.

Gordon Ramsay

#66. I am the best tennis player who cannot play tennis.

Ion Tiriac

#67. The selection rules are the same for everybody. I am trying to make a comeback just like some other players who got dropped after the Pakistan tour. I hope my time will come.

Sourav Ganguly

#68. I am very happy to be signing for the best team in the world and especially proud to be the first Portuguese player to join United.

Cristiano Ronaldo

#69. I would say I'm more traditional than I am superstitious. I don't, for example, have to do things ritually before the game in order to feel comfortable going to the game. But I don't think I'm naturally a football player. I don't have that grit and that killer instinct.

Troy Polamalu

#70. I am a poker player, but I am not a good poker player. My favorite game is seven card stud, but I'll play hi/lo, Hold 'em, Razz, etc.

Michael Ian Black

#71. I think that my career speaks for itself and shows the type of player I am. I have never had a teammate who didn't enjoy playing with me. There are always going to be skeptics, but chemistry will definitely not be an issue.

Chris Webber

#72. Part of my identity for as long as I can remember is being a baseball player. If I'm not that anymore, then who am I?"
"Who do you want to be?"
"Harry Potter

J. Sterling

#73. Rugby players are either piano shifters or piano movers. Fortunately, I am one of those who can play a tune.

Pierre Danos

#74. As players of instruments, it is our duty to reach out and give light to those in the dark in whatever way that we can. All my actions are a fulfilment of all the African music genres - I'm only trying to maintain the culture and the tradition. I am a musician.

Sizzla

#75. There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am here, and if wasn't producing results no one would notice me.

Anna Kournikova

#76. To represent the United States in international competition is special recognition that not many players receive and I am really looking forward to helping USA Basketball regain its status in international basketball.

Jermaine O'Neal

#77. I take his talent and his passion with me - to the stage of the Opry, to the podium at the CMA Awards, to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, into my own living room. I am the realization of my grandfather's dream. I am a player.

Brad Paisley

#78. I am down mentally. I can't understand how it happened and who is to blame? I don't know why the ground was rolled before the final which may have resulted in losing key players like Hemanta and Zahid due to the hardness of the pitch.

Yeasin Khan

#79. I already believe I am the best linebacker in the game. Now, I have to show one more thing ? that I am the most dominating, influential person in the game and the best football player to ever put on a pair of cleats.

Ray Lewis

#80. When travelling, I make a point of eating a proper diet no matter where I am in the world. It is getting much easier to eat a vegetarian or vegan based diet.

Gary Player

#81. I am a ball player in the summer and a farmer in the winter time, and I aim to be a success at both professions.

Zack Wheat

#82. Without the support of my mom, Marlene, I would not be the person I am. She has been my main supporter throughout my career, and I owe everything to her. This is a small way that we, as players, can pay tribute to her and other hockey moms, and it is all for a good cause.

Sean Avery

#83. They say I get into too many bunkers. But is no problem. I am the best bunker player.

Seve Ballesteros

#84. I feel I am a players' coach. The only thing that means is I care about my players more than anything.

Rex Ryan

#85. I think I am a complete player. I can play well on all the surfaces. For me, the clay might be easiest, but I am not a specialist on clay.

Rafael Nadal

#86. It's frustrating at times when you think you've earned a chance to play on the field and you're over there sitting on the bench. That's not the kind of player I am. I'm the kind of player who wants to be out there on the field and needs to contribute every minute of every game.

Freddy Adu

#87. The only thing I want to be able to do is come in and learn the offense, go out there and compete, show what I am capable of doing and try to get better as a football player.

Brian Griese

#88. I am not the first player to have sworn on TV and I won't be the last.

Wayne Rooney

#89. I do love using keyboards and I love writing keyboard parts, but I am not a player in the true sense of the word.

Geddy Lee

#90. I am more of a solo bass player and he needed somebody who would keep the role.

Miroslav Vitous

#91. Every player feels differently about playing football. We are all different people. I am the type who wants to win all the time. I hate to lose.

Luis Suarez

#92. There are players that try to imitate others, but at free-kick time it is a personal thing. Every person has their own technique and routine when they stand over the ball and I have mine, I am not trying to copy anyone.

Neymar

#93. I dictate entirely how the team is prepared, and I am a hands-on coach; I love to be out there with the players taking the sessions.

Brendan Rodgers

#94. Unfortunately apparently I am to blame because I don't produce enough English players.

Arsene Wenger

#95. I am a hero worshiper. I love the number one tennis player. I love the number one baseball player. I want to see those records broken.

Martha Stewart

#96. I am a National Football League player of American Samoan heritage. Because of my status as a professional athlete, I have been blessed to play a role in educating players and fans about the culture and history of America's southernmost territory.

Troy Polamalu

#97. I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player.

Roberto Clemente

#98. I am not a movie star or a football player, I just do my thing.

Manolo Blahnik

#99. There are many guys out there who look like me - you know, brunettes with long hair. There are thousands. But I think the difference is that I am a real polo player, who does endorsements for Ralph Lauren on the side, and I've always looked at it that way.

Nacho Figueras

#100. I am the best player in the world and I am here to prove it

Bobby Fischer