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Be a Player

«That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing -- the truly democratic thing about it -- is that you don't even have to be a player to lose.»
«The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules.»
«Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.»
«Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game»
«Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.»
«A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team.»
«Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.»
«By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed»
«Human beings, vegetables, or comic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible player»
«Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.»