My mom and dad laugh at me when I go out and play in November and December, but it helps to know how to play in all kinds of conditions. You don't try anything fancy. You have to remember that everybody else is playing under the same conditions.
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Related You can try to simulate game-like conditions in practice, but it's just not the same until you play ... DEL RUITER I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES When you play in the conditions that we had to play in tonight, it's good to have a guy that you can... ERIK KIMREY I want to compete and want to beat him, but he also helps me out a lot. I play very comfortably when... ANDY BENSON Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions. MARK TWAIN Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions MARK TWAIN You know, I only claim to play three instruments. My dad is a banker, but a drummer at heart; and my... CHARLIE WORSHAM It's very difficult to play in these conditions. But, if we win 1-0 or 10-0 it is the same. One is a... CESAR CARDOSO I think everybody was ready to play. You know (the weather) is going to be like this all weekend. So... JEDIDIAH STEPHEN I have confidence that I can hit shots I want to under tough conditions. I like my chances because I... TRIPP ISENHOUR I'm a competitive person and it is in my nature to try hard in every match I play. The only time I'm... MICHAEL CHANG Playing at home under the lights definitely establishes a rhythm for us because when we're on the ro... JULIE ORLOWSKI The thing I remember about my dad was everybody wanted to play for him. It's the same way now. DICK WHITTEN Try and understand what part you have to play in the world in which you live. There's more to li... IAN MCKELLEN My mom and dad worked very hard to give me the best chance in - not just in golf but in life. You kn... RORY MCILROY You have the elements of the wind and the sun and somehow not having a defined closed area effects i... BILLY CHADWICK Yesterday, I didn't let it get to me, ... I've shot enough bad rounds and I know everyone is going t... ARJUN ATWAL It's tough. But I have to use it as motivation to take care of my family. My dad and my mom are fina... HALOTI NGATA I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relations... C. JOYBELL C. I can play about anything, but I gotta get it all rigged where I could get to it, you know, so I can... HASIL ADKINS To me, all guitar players can play, because I know they're getting to where they're at. It's a very ... WES MONTGOMERY We train in good ground conditions and it's always disappointing to play in the opposite conditions. LAMBERT SARJU Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dad's. Everybody brings one gift and then we pla... AMY GRANT I just play intuitively and work the same way in the studio. I don't have any magical effects or... DAVID GILMOUR It's been brutal out there so far. The weather is just horrible for golf. It's freezing cold and the... DON REID I envision the script as a story in my mind, memorize the entire thing and have it play out. It help... QUVENZHANE WALLIS I'm interested in all kinds of art. I draw and paint and don't know how to play the banjo, b... ELLAR COLTRANE When I'm singing, it's a mixture of my innocence in the projects, my mom and dad. It's a... AARON NEVILLE We've prepared the same as we have every week. We just try to get better with each game. The more bi... BOB HOWARD She loves Susan Sarandon and I know my dad (would have loved) being married to Susan Sarandon, ... S... CAMERON CROWE It was tough ... on me to be honest with you. I can remember in December sitting in my house, and my... ALEX RODRIGUEZ I'm a competitive person and it is in my nature to try hard in every match I play. The only time... MICHAEL CHANG I remember my mom and dad yelling at me. They didn't know I had a 200-person (online) guild to manag... MARC PRENSKY Going to the Academy Awards is something I remember since I was six, when I went with my mom for the... LAURA DERN You can't put pressure on yourself, you've got to go out there and play the way you know how to play... ROBERT ANDINO You think when you wake up in the mornin yesterday dont count. But yesterday is all that does count.... CORMAC MCCARTHY We play melodic music, we play songs, we play all kinds of things and when you improvise you don'... FRED FRITH When I turned 12 or 13 years old, even as a dad, you can't make a kid play anymore, but up until... BILLY BUTLER When I was small, I was the same as everyone else. I used to play in a small council estate nearby. ... EDEN HAZARD No one has really seen me in years.” Blake looked at the sky. “Sometimes I wonder how they know ... DEBRA ANASTASIA I didn't like how my NBA career ended because I wanted to go out on my own terms. But nobody tri... TIM HARDAWAY You still want to play your position. But if you see an opening, you do have the green light to jump... GUY DUPUIS I can't explain it. I didn't play at all last year. I really didn't know if I was going to be able t... ANDREW MAGEE No matter how good you think you are as a leader, my goodness, the people around you will have all k... JIM YONG KIM Under perfect conditions -- with no rain and all the pumps working -- you're talking at least 20 day... RICHARD WAGENAAR Stealing bases was put to me almost as a prerequisite for staying in the game. They didn't give ... LOU BROCK To get it right, be born with luck or else make it. Never give up. Get the knack of getting people t... RUTH GORDON I was a dramatic kid. I was always like, 'Watch me put on my play, Mom and Dad! You have to watc... LAURA HARRIER When it comes to basketball, it's not that hard. You gotta go out and play like you gotta play and l... SHANNON BROWN I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions - the curtain was up. GROUCHO MARX Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can't change. Kiss slowly, pla... UNKOWN When you get hurt, you start to lose out knowing how to play the game. It's tough coming back, and t... ANTHONY SMITH When I was in school, you could pick any instrument you want, and they'd teach you how to play i... FLEA You eat and sleep it all day long and play on the streets until mom calls you in. My story is no dif... ADAM OATES Our substitute players have meant so much to this team. You know they are going to play well when yo... GINA MITCHELL I always dreamed I'd be able to contribute in a game situation and help us win games out on the floo... WES MILLER I'm not surprised by the intensity, I didn't have to play it up to my girls at all. They knew how im... EMILIANO ARAGON My soul is chaos, how can it be at all? There is everything in me: search and you will find out ... ... EMIL M. CIORAN Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad,... WADE BOGGS We're [seeing] some good old-fashioned short-covering in over-sold market conditions. There's a 'tak... BRYAN PISKOROWSKI I always expect our play to stay at the same level or to get better. I never expect anything else be... BRANDIE HOSKINS I remember running down a road on my way to a nursery of flowers. I remember her smile and her laugh... JENNIFER NIVEN They expect me to be a shut-down corner like Al (Harris) is. You get me stepping in the picture and ... AHMAD CARROLL That's why we have practice rounds. We make the adjustments as we go around, try and find out ho... GREG NORMAN Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ... E.J. PATTEN The conditions tonight obviously were a big factor for Houston. They're a team that does a lot of sh... JAMIE WATSON Marvel and DC are my divorced mom and dad. DC is my stable, loving, nurturing mom. Marvel is my weir... BRIAN K. VAUGHAN The problem is that contemporary people think life is all about finding happiness. We decide what co... TIMOTHY J. KELLER Unique and different is the new generation of beautiful… You dont have to be like everybody ... TAYLOR SWIFT I still follow the lifestyle of the Mormon church. I try to go to church every Sunday even when I... LINDSEY STIRLING When I play a game, I want to play, not necessarily laugh. If you try to make me laugh at the expens... DOUG TENNAPEL Unfortunately, I never saw Pele play. What I know of him is through my grandfather, my dad's dad... NEYMAR The thing about Billy is that he knows what his role is and he doesn't try to do anything outside of... ANTONIO DANIELS In my home, I listen to music; I play music: I play guitar and I play ukelele. And I swim and I ride... CHARLES DANCE I remember when I was little, my mom asked me, 'Would you like to play the violin or the piano?&... SIRENA HUANG Lawyers are alright, I guess — but it doesn't appeal to me", I said. "I mean they're alright if th... J.D. SALINGER That's one of my qualities that helps me out at this level, quickness. Especially now with the new r... FREDDY MEYER I've heard all kinds of stories since then. The snow got deeper. It got colder. It was a terrific ba... LARRY TEMPLETON I've heard all kinds of stories since then, ... The snow got deeper. It got colder. It was a terrifi... LARRY TEMPLETON You know when youre in a movie and you dont know anybody else in the theater and the most beauti... CHRIS CARRABBA Everybody wore spiked shoes and you just have to adjust to the conditions. DAVE WALKER Remember when your mom tells you to let your little brother or sister play with you video games? And... KARIM FDHILA All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD I learned that it's hard to work in the Army. My dad wanted me to tell him that he's a big hero to m... BECKY THOMPSON I try not to let it hit me. I go out and try to play every game like it's my last game. ANTARRIOUS WILLIAMS The conversation of how you do a play is my favorite conversation in the whole wide world: what a pl... ANNA D. SHAPIRO It's funny when people ask an actor what they want to play next, because you don't get to de... DYLAN WALSH The only downside to playing the violin is that you never know when you're going to be asked to ... CHARLIE SIEM When my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn't be playing football. JOE BIDEN What matters is we're playing. We'll play in the parking lot at Popeye's. I guarantee you I'll play ... CHRIS SCELFO I'm not picky about where I play. I'll go wherever anyone wants me. I play at CMU all the time and i... BEN SAMPSON I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions - the curtain was up. GROUCHO MARX He taught his football players basically the same thing we do. When you're in a football game, play ... DAVE CLEMENT When you get those kinds of conditions and you get a jet stream that is moving right into that area,... DAN MCCARTHY i want to be the best i can be but when i cant i'll try my best to achieve my goal my goals in life ... DALLY SALAD 38. “A wet bird never flies at night.” (My grandfather said that to me when I was a child and wa... JAMES C. DOBSON Playing all last year and working in practice this year, it has really given me the confidence to go... BRIAN CARROLL It's only November, and I can't remember the last time I was warm. If someone had a gun to my head a... JESSICA MARTINEZ For me, when I'm on the field, all I think about is what happening on the field. That's my outlet, t... ANTOINE WINFIELD
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