If it seems like you are playing around and not practicing, that's when you know you really love it. Jack Johnson
If we don't start playing better on defense, it's going to be hard. We can't just sit there and win shootouts. William Thomas
If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration. Serena Williams
If you can miss getting up in the morning and running into a wall, I miss playing football. I'll never be a frustrated athlete. Brian Bosworth
If you do base your life on how many touchdowns you score, how many championships you win, then when you have a setback, then when you have an injury, you're not playing, or something goes wrong, your self-worth goes down. Tim Tebow
If you got the game, you got the game. That's why Tiger Woods is out there playing golf with Greg Norman. Shaquille ONeal
If you're asking me where my heart and where I'm happy is, I love playing with Tom Brady. I love being coached by Bill Belichick. Randy Moss
If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose. Derek Jeter
If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it? Arthur Ashe
If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking about being an owner. Casey Stengel
If you're playing for the Kansas City Royals about all you can do is beat your head against the wall. John Kruk
If you're successful in what you do over a period of time, you'll start approaching records, but that's not what you're playing for. You're playing to challenge and be challenged. Lou Brock
In all the time that people have known me, has anyone ever heard me talk about the importance of rushing records or finishing with the most touchdowns? So if that's never been important to me, then why would that be a motivation to keep playing? Barry Sanders
In life, so many things are taken for granted, but one thing I can honestly say is that I took every day, enjoyed the game of putting on that uniform and playing the great game of baseball. Wade Boggs
In my era, where I'm from, I only had Donald Whiteside. He's from Englewood and he's the only one that came out of Englewood. Other than him, I really didn't have anyone else to look up to that was from my area. So in seeing him, I never gave up hope, just kept playing and then I realized that I might have a future in basketball. Derrick Rose
In playing or managing, the game of ball is only fun for me when I'm out in front and winning. I don't give a hill of beans for the rest of the game. John McGraw
It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He's aware of where he is and what he's doing, but his mind is on the playing of the instrument with an internal sense of rightness. Arnold Palmer
It never bothered me when people would say, 'You only win championships because you're playing with Shaq.' It bothered me when he said it. Kobe Bryant