My father made me who I am. He gave me a basketball and told me to play with the ball, sleep with the ball, dream with the ball. Just don't take it to school. I used it as a pillow, and it never gave me a stiff neck. Shaquille ONeal
My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.' Harmon Killebrew
My feeling is that when you're managing a baseball team, you have to pick the right people to play and then pray a lot. Robin Roberts
My first game, I played the first play of the game and called a timeout and got sat down, got benched for the rest of the game, and we won the game. It was the longest day of my life. Long day. Very embarrassing. Mike Singletary
My goal has always been to play golf, and play it well. In the end, that's what I am, a golfer. If my back lets me, I'm going to play my favorite places. If I hurt myself, that'll probably be it for a while. Fred Couples
My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for granted that I could play. Now I know what a gift it is. Rebecca Lobo
My high school coach was Ray O'Conner. He has coached a lot of players that have signed professional contracts, and many of those have gone on to play in the major leagues. Robin Yount
My idea was to go to Vienna to study conducting and perhaps play in an orchestra first, so I thought before I got to Vienna I could do with a little training in Paris. Harry Mathews
My Internet friends who I play games with say, 'This guy's a fighter?' I'm the last person they expect to be a fighter. Nonito Donaire
My job is to play quarterback, and I'm going to do that the best way I know how, because I owe that to my teammates regardless of who is out there on the field with me. Tom Brady
My musical background is like almost every non classical musician in the world. One day a special record was heard and that was it. I was hooked, started trying to play various instruments and was off to bar land to become a rock star. What else? Kevin Johnson
My oldest son always wants to race. He's kind of like me and it now has carried over to the other two. They're all pretty competitive now. We do stuff in the pool. They're like fish in water. They go all over the place. They're kids. They like to play, have fun and compete with everything they do. Steve Blake
My only goal is to play 162 games and help this team win. If I can do that, everything will take care of itself. Eric Davis
My thing is, I want to play basketball, I would enjoy playing in the D-League, but at the same time I don't want to take an opportunity away from a young guy to get exposure. I'm still thinking about it. Michael Finley
My ultimate goal is for that next generation coming up, who didn't see me play, go, 'Oh, he used to play football?' Michael Strahan
My wife, she still gives me a hard time, and says I hunt too much or I like to play golf too much. And she's probably right, but it sure beats some of the things I used to do. Brett Favre
Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.Stephen Hawking
Not sure if that will benefit me or hurt me, but I know I have the skills and am ready to play in the NBA regardless of my ethnicity. Jeremy Lin