#laying

I never knew what basketball was. I started playing on the playground. People used to laugh at me and joke at me because I was so tall and I didn't know the game and couldn't play it. ↗

— Patrick Ewing

#because #game #i #joke #knew

Some people asked me if it was going to be a downer to come back and play on a college team after playing on a world championship team, and I don't think they understand what it is like to play here. ↗

— Lorrie Fair

#asked #back #championship #championship team #college

We knew it was going to be the biggest event scheduled in the history of women's sports, but we didn't ever fathom we would be playing before sold-out stadiums all over the country. ↗

— Lorrie Fair

#biggest #country #event #ever #fathom

You learn from playing against the best players and the best teams, and we're going to keep fighting and figuring out ways to beat them. ↗

— Scott Brooks

#beat #best #fighting #figuring #going

I can remember when I was a baby and my mother was there watching the show. I went and bought 100 episodes and watched them. I respect it so much that the sitcom itself and Ed Norton; I'm not playing Ed Norton but my version of it, cause I'm a black man. ↗

— Mike Epps

#black #bought #cause #ed #episodes

I have a problem with objectifying women, but I don't have a problem playing a guy who objectifies women. ↗

— Emilio Estevez

#i #playing #problem #who #women

There is nothing like playing for the team you grew up rooting for. ↗

— Milton Bradley

#like #nothing #playing #rooting #team

You can't dodge them all. I got hammered plenty of times through the years. But you just get up and keep playing. I can tell you from experience, though. Sometimes it hurts like hell. ↗

— Terry Bradshaw

#experience #get #got #hammered #hell

WIth football you can have up to 28 guys you consider starters, and if they can pick up the slack when some aren't playing so well, you don't have to turn those two game losing streaks into six-game losing streaks. ↗

— Tom Brady

#football #game #guys #into #losing

After the first day of practice, there's not one guy who's playing at 100 percent or who feels great. Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day - it just hurts. ↗

— Tom Brady

#brushing #day #feels #first #getting