Music has done a lot to enhance the emotions of sports. It’s played in arenas. Whenever there is footage cut together they’re always using music. And it goes together, you know.

Tell me not here, it needs not saying,
What tune the enchantress plays
In aftermaths of soft September
Or under blanching mays,
For she and I were long acquainted
And I knew all her ways.

I’ve played against Messi a lot of times, and I’ve already conceded goals through my legs with him.

I got into tennis because of my parents. They would play a little on the weekend and I liked it when I played.

It was a great experience to play against him and I hope I will get another opportunity. I am not sure I played very well today as I had problems with my serve and missed a lot of shots when he was slicing to my backhand. But I played better than in the last two finals I lost. I enjoyed myself more.

I consider myself an artist, which is, like, the most played term, but I believe it.

When you’ve played a long rally and you lost it, it does hurt.

I played in different positions as a kid, and it helped me learn different parts of the game, but I found that I was always scoring goals, and that continued as I got older. I’ve always enjoyed scoring, and it seemed to come naturally. Fortunately, that has carried on into my professional career.

In baseball, every player has a role to play, and every role is vital to the team’s success

Every player should play the game as if it’s their last, with passion and dedication

The most valuable players are not always the ones with the highest stats but those who inspire others

I never played for numbers.

Television really has been my vehicle. I don’t get played on the radio much, so I’ve relied on TV a lot.

I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.

I played Mary Joe Fernandez in the semifinals. She was winning the first set. Second set was very close. I started to play this aggressive game. I think I surprised them.

That was one of those moments where I felt so confident. I played three matches in the same day.

I played soccer, recreationally, in college.

I played small forward on the basketball team. I also ran the 300 hurdles.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.

Remember, you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.

When I played in the sandbox, the cat kept covering me up.

When I first came to do shows in Vegas, I followed the usual entertainer’s syndrome – I played craps and lost.

I flew over all my masks from Sweden, including my first that I bought when I was 15. That was a little while ago so the masks looked a little different. I painted it myself, but actually the way it looks now is not the look it had when I played. I repainted it after I was done using it.

We played very well in the penalty killing box. Had some luck, too. After that, we got a lot of confidence.

Today was the worst I’ve played in the tournament. I played pretty well on Friday and I played really well on Saturday.

I don’t travel with them, but they can’t be missing in my home. There have to always be dominoes. I used to play with my family—dad, my grandpa, my uncles

I’m in love with football, but I just needed to recapture that strength to train and play. So many people helped me along the way that I’m afraid to leave anyone out. Above all, though, I want to mention the help of my medical team that has been working alongside me for the past two years.

After we played Sporting last week, the lads in the dressing room talked about him constantly, and on the plane back from the game they urged me to sign him. That’s how highly they rated him.

We saw that he plays with his heart too. He obviously loves the game so much and was distraught to lose in the final. Seeing him cry nearly got me going too.

There have been a few players described as the new George Best over the years, but this is the first time its been a compliment to me.

I don’t understand referees. It appears like some players can’t even be touched, but in my case, everyone can hit me as hard as they can.

The best goalkeeper I played with at United was Schmeichel… He just never wanted to concede, and he would do everything to stop you scoring.

I played for 20 years for Sir Alex Ferguson, and he could be a scary man.

But should a sensation from the distant past-like those musical instruments that record and preserve the sound and style of the various artists who played them-enable our memory to make us hear that name with the particular tone it then had for our ears.

Nobody actually played tennis in my family.

I’m the best. I just haven’t played yet.

The Boys and the Frogs SOME BOYS, playing near a pond, saw a number of Frogs in the water and began to pelt them with stones. They killed several of them, when one of the Frogs, lifting his head out of the water, cried out: “Pray stop, my boys: what is sport to you, is death to us

Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice.

I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves. And I watch my daughters, two beautiful, intelligent, black young women playing with their dogs on the White House lawn.

But how many people lighted the path for me? That’s the evolution of basketball. There’s no way I could have played the way I played if I didn’t watch David Thompson and guys prior to me. There’s no way Kobe could have played the way he’s played without watching me play. So, you know, that’s the evolution of basketball. You cannot change that.