I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
Anytime I'm on the field and my teammates are on the field with me, I just want them to have fun.
Winning is an approach to life. The place it starts is not on the playing field or in the business organization; nor is it competitive. We are trying to do our best to bring perfection into whatever we turn our attention to.
I've always been comfortable speaking, especially on the field. Probably not as much off the field.
There is more honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood.
When the small independent film, which depends on its artistic appeal rather than wide commercial distribution by an MPAA member, is now denied access, the playing field becomes unfair and uneven.
I'd be lying if I said I didn't expect to have success on the baseball field and the football field.
We need to fight protectionism with everything that we have because when there's a level playing field and when you have open markets and when free trade is flourishing, American workers, American farmers, Americans are going to benefit.
Just because I believed in what I was doing on the field and dedicated myself to playing the game, does that mean I'm cocky? Does that mean I'm arrogant?
I think every student needs access to technology, and I think technology can be a hugely important vehicle to help level the playing field.
Indian coaches are strict on the field, but off the field, they take very good care of you.
When we began, we used chatrooms on AOL and Yahoo! and nowadays, we have dozens and dozens of ways to communicate. Technology has improved - for everything from the cameras to the microphones. It's a whole 'nother playing field now.
I don't think that a company should own a studio and the network, and program for their own network. It hurts the creativity - it is not a level playing field
Broadband access is the great equalizer, leveling the playing field so that every willing and able person, no matter their station in life, has access to the information and tools necessary to achieve the American Dream.
I do know there are still industries that are not on an equal playing field with women. My thing is, don't let that keep you from continuing to do what you know that you have to do. Don't look at it as an excuse, look at it as an opportunity.
I've been screwed by as many women as I have by men, in terms of lawyers. But lawyers don't count. If you take lawyers out of the equation, you have a more fair playing field. There is a sisterhood.
I don't think that a company should own a studio and the network, and program for their own network. It hurts the creativity - it is not a level playing field.
It should not be harder for our daughters to direct than our sons. It should be an equal playing field.
Any time you play shortstop or center field, the majority of the baseballs are hit in the middle of the field.
When I was real young I wanted to play baseball. I really loved playing center field, but that was never anything I was really ever that good at. I played up until I was in ninth grade.
I'm trying to do big things. It doesn't matter whether it's on the field or off the field.
The unknown is the province of the student; it is the field for his lifes adventure, and it is a wide field full of beckonings
I want to make sure that when I step into the boxing ring it's an even playing field because I work extremely hard with the talents I'm blessed with and I want to let the people know there's no enhancements over here.
Trump has predicated his whole campaign on the unfairness of the playing field. Big corporations, rich donors, big media, and trade deals that punish the little guy.
We stopped eating meat many years ago. During the course of a Sunday lunch we happened to look out of the kitchen window at our young lambs playing happily in the fields. Glancing down at our plates, we suddenly realized that we were eating the leg of an animal who had until recently been playing in a field herself. We looked at each other and said, "Wait a minute, we love these sheep-they're such gentle creatures. So why are we eating them?" It was the last time we ever did.
There's a certain - there's a different pressure with playing in a Ryder Cup. You know, you're not just playing for yourself. You're playing for your teammates. You're playing for your country.
It's kind of crazy to say your home field is Lambeau Field.
The National Security Adviser is supposed to be an arbiter of policy and open minded in internal debates. But the playing field was never balanced. It was always tilted toward Rumsfeld's position, which is obviously the same as Bush's.
It's time to level the playing field for small business owners and give them the same health care choices that large corporations have. Because they don't have as many employees, they have little ability to negotiate lower rates.
Nature has circumscribed the field of life within small dimensions, but has left the field of glory unmeasured.
I enjoy playing the band as the band. I be the whole band and Im playing the drums, Im playing the guitar, Im playing the saxophone. To me, the most wonderful thing about playing music is that.
I don't really do it on the field, but off the field, I use it to my advantage. I'll talk a lot of smack.
If you talk to most athletes, the place you're most comfortable is your playing field. I'm not so comfortable at a podium or talking about events.
The really great athletes make their news on the field, not off the field.
There will always be rivalry on the field. Off the field, we are friends, but on it, we have to do our job.
The pandemic has affected every single field and part of life globally including the entertainment field.
Sometimes people say things on the field that they might regret, but they should stay on the field.
As I get older, I start to look back at the field that I've crossed and realize that it was a mine field.
With Net Neutrality, the level playing field that gave us Google, YouTube and eBay when they were start-ups would suddenly start to tilt in favor of the big, established players.
There is no place in this new kind of physics both for the field and matter, for the field is the only reality.
I just think some people don't like me. They don't like what I do or what I stand for or who I am. I catch criticism for doing things off the field and for getting the attention I get for playing in New York.
That's been kinda my secret. You use everything off the field to help make you better on the field.
When I was playing for Real Zaragoza, I had the responsibility that I was playing for the club that I support and that I love. When I was playing for Athletic Bilbao, I was feeling the responsibility to play for the most special philosophy in the world, which is only playing Basque people.
I feel like, at any given time, if I'm not playing my best football, if I'm not taking coaching points, if I'm not doing things right out there on the field, I feel I can be covered by anyone.
When I move to second after playing right field, I feel like my action has gotten too deliberate, and I have to switch back into that quicker, boom-boom infield mode.
It was fun playing a horrible, snotty kid in 'Harry Potter', and then playing Prince Charming where I was also singing and playing guitar, and then playing a completely different character.
Instead of being a student of a (given) field, I would like you to be the field.
I just didn’t want to be pigeonholed as an 'ethnic comic' or an 'Asian comic.' I just wanted to be on the same playing field as everyone else.
The value that really counts is that which is shown on the pitch, not what theyBsay your value is. Money is secondary. being so expensive is not something I like especially; I'm interested in what people think of me on the playing field.
Americans are fighters. We're tough, resourceful and creative, and if we have the chance to fight on a level playing field, where everyone pays a fair share and everyone has a real shot, then no one - no one can stop us.
The game that I remember the most was playing against Cleveland in 1970. We were down 20-13 and I came in and we got a touchdown and then we got a field goal in the last three seconds.
Every day you spend becoming an expert in a field, you become more useless in that field.
Non-co-operation in the political field is an extension of the doctrine as it is practised in the domestic field.
You can be as nice as you want off the field, but when you're on the field, you're going to do everything you can to win.
Exercise is a great leveler. It doesn't matter how rich you are, you can't just buy your way into a great body. You have to do the work. I find that comforting. It's one of the few things in life where we're all on a level playing field.
In my career, there have been three things that were challenging: playing gay; playing a Jewish woman; and playing Anton Chekhov. The scariest part was playing Chekhov!
While Airbnb cannot singlehandedly level the playing field for women, I believe we can play a role in enabling women around the world to follow their passions and design the lives they want.
We have a lot of freedom to express ourselves. When you see us playing on the field, I guess you can make that out. This batting unit, especially, is fearless. We want to go out there and achieve the best possible result.
You can be one guy off the field, but when you get on the field the competitive aspect of who you are takes over.
While I believe firmly in open markets and free trade, I also believe an open market needs a level playing field.
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