Top 1200 Banjo Players Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

I think it's bad in a way for junior players and college players to feel they must be number one.

I think what we've tried to preach to our players is we're going to let the best players play.

I keep saying, and I've said it to the players, what happens in a dressing room stays in a dressing room, whether that's with me and a player, whether it's two players together, whether it's the coaching staff and the players. I just think it's almost a sacred environment and that trust in that area is unbreakable.

You see great players, Hall of Fame players that didn't stay with their team.

Young players are more hungry because they have not achieved what some of the older players have.

There's rule changes every year. I do wish, however, that the NFL did have a voice from the players' side, whether it's our players' union president, or team captains, or our executive committee on the players' side. Because we're the guys that realize the risk; we're the guys on the field.

There are good players, there are great players, and there are those few at the pinnacle - the Peles, Cruyffs and Maradonas.

There are some people who do great stuff singing and playing fiddle at the same time and doing that kind of arrangement. But I think [I don't do that] partially because I'm still a loner on the guitar and banjo.

At the end of the day, I think the players listen more to other players than the coach himself.

I think the best players in the world make the players around them better. And I'm always trying to do that.

There are some players I always watched, various players who I knew hit the ball well.

It's always good to have your players with you, it makes you feel great. That is just it. The coach and the players understand one another but people outside don't understand. But it's good to see him, it's good to see all the players.

To be a successful coach you should be and look prepared. You must be a man of integrity. Never break your word. Don't have two sets of standards. Remember you don't handle players-you handle pets. You deal with players. Stand up for your players. Show them you care-on and off the court. Very important-it's not 'how' or 'what' you say but what they absorb.

It's all about the qualities of the players. The better the players, the easier it is for the manager.

I don't recruit players who are nasty to their parents. I look for players who realize the world doesn't revolve around them.

Different players play you different ways. Some players might be slow-footed so they got to backup. Some players might push you up. You've got to have a go-to that's a mix for both of them.

The NBA is getting bigger. Basketball is getting better around the world. There are more players. There are better coaches around it, so that's why there are more international players, not only Hispanic players, but from everywhere.

If players are performing for you, their age shouldn't really matter, especially because the older players can bring their experience to the table.

There is still a lot of football in me and I enjoy watching the players go out there and be the best players they can possibly be.

I think I'm getting better at being verbal. I used to have a lot of problems with it. I had my own little demons that I was fighting, and I used the banjo as an escape.

I won't be chasing down players who have retired. I only want players who are 100% committed to Scotland.

One of my strengths is being able to relate to all different types of players, and I think that the players know that I make the effort.

Players alone don't win championships. It takes an entire organization. Someone has to acquire the players. Someone has to coach them. Someone has to generate revenue to pay them. But at the end of the day, the players are the ones who put their minds and bodies on the line to win.

In every team, there are players that don't seem important, but in the end, they prove to be one of the most important players. These players are quiet but can play in every position. They help the manager and their team-mates and are always available. They fight for every ball.

Some of the money from the senior players goes to helping out the younger kids. It is from the players' pool, the fines for being late and so on. Some will go to something like the tsunami appeal and some to helping out young players.

There is a common mistake people make. They say, 'We need to play the young English boys.' Of course, but only if they are good. How can you measure that? If they are playing with good players and if they can fit into the level of the good players. That's why, because of the level of the Premier League, England has so many talented players.

Top players or experienced players make mistakes because we are human beings, we are people.

I think average players are able to play well now and again, or they'll play very, very well. Good players or great players, nine times out of ten, they have good games.

There was such hostility to the idea of a banjo being a black instrument. It was co-opted by this white supremacist notion that old-time music was the inheritance of white America.

The players you really feel bad for are the younger players, who haven't had a chance to experience playing in a World Cup.

I hope to have my players in good physical condition, all players, and then to face all competitions.

I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players.

We have to understand the abilities of the players. We will try to build a game model with our ideas and with the players we have.

If the spectators demand from the players that they do their utmost and score goals, the players shouldn't question this.

I tell the players all the time: 'There is no magic play.' Players make the plays.

Retiring from cricket is not about form. I feel that the time is now and it's right. I've tried to give everything I have when I've played the game, the game goes on. You can't hold onto it and people shouldn't be too sentimental. I think a lot better players and greater players have gone, and the game has gone on and there are new players who take the mantle, and in my case it won't be any different.

The players are out here to help win games and to improve, not to make a movie. They're not actors. They're players.

As tennis players, you are never satisfied. We are greedy as players, always want better results.

I think the international players, in general, show how basketball is global now. There are players from all the countries.

The players do their thing on the pitch, and there's a lot of young women or former players that want to coach.

The P.A.S.T. preventative screening and treatment programs are a must for all players. We can extend our lives and live a healthy and pain free life. The programs are very comprehensive. We have lost several players at a young age, maybe the loss of some of our players could have been prevented with the prevention, knowledge, and treatment that P.A.S.T. provides.

This is Manchester United; we have the capacity to buy new players, we have the best players in the world. But I think it's good for me.

The major labels, they roll with whatever is making money. I don't know if R&B turned into making banjo music and it sounded like blue grass, they'll buy it if it's selling.

I don't think there has been enough communication between the players and the tournaments. In one sense it's just as much the players' fault. Players talk between each other and in the locker room about things that can be improved and then when the time comes to talk and really do something about it they stop.

A sip of wine, a cigarette, And then it’s time to go. I tidied up the kitchenette; I tuned the old banjo. I’m wanted at the traffic-jam. They’re saving me a seat.

The manager and the fitness staff condition every training session. They plan it out week by week on what players need. If players need a rest, they will do that; if players need to work hard, they will do that as well.

£25million or £30m or £20m - whether you are expensive or not, players are just players.

At Chelsea I knew I'd improve a lot quicker around better players, world-class players.

Great players, they don't get hurt as much as the other players.

I've been using slide guitar, banjo, stuff like that for yonks. But if people haven't seen me live on stage, they wouldn't have heard me with these instruments.

We want men here, not just players. Players are a dime a dozen

It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.

Some players are bought by other clubs with an eye to them developing into something special in a few years' time. Whereas there's a bit more pressure on some of the other clubs to bring in players who are going to be hitting the ground running and top players verging on world class almost immediately.

Such a positive move by Uruguay - bringing 2 players off and putting 2 players on.

To look at the players, to communicate with the players, to observe and to analyze - that's my job.

If I have something inside me that I want to get out, I'll just beat it out on the banjo right then and there.

It would be very difficult to find a more complete player than Milner. There are players who are better technically. There are quicker players. There are players who head the ball better. But show me a player who does all the things that Milner does well, and there isn't one.

Good players win volleyball games for you, not tall players.

Players come and go, good friends, players who performed well. You can't control that.

It still comes down to attracting players, and UCLA can attract players as well as any place in the country.