“These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.”
Kobe Bryant (1978–2020) American basketball player
Robbie Andreu (August 31, 1989) "New and Improved Emmitt Slimmed Down Florida Running Back Emmitt Smith Insists That He Won't Be Carrying More Than His Fair Share of the Load This Season", Sun-Sentinel.
“These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.”
Kobe Bryant (1978–2020) American basketball player
Alexander Ovechkin (1985) Russian ice hockey player
Bill Beacon (January 29, 2008) "Backstrom, Ovechkin combination promises bright future for Capitals", The Canadian Press.
John Quinlan (1974) American professional wrestler and bodybuilder
John Quinlan Muscle & Strength Audio Podcast Interview by Steve Shaw, Bodybuilder And Wrestler John Quinlan Talks About His Passion For Lifting (2010)
Robert Downey Jr. (1965) American actor
Quoted in Dotson Rader, "I rose from the ashes" http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2008/edition_04-20-2008/1Robert_Downey_Jr, Parade Magazine (2008-04-20)
Sandy Koufax (1935) American baseball player
As quoted in Total Baseball : The Official Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball (2001) by John Thorn, p. 2468
Context: In the end it all comes down to talent. You can talk all you want about intangibles, I just don't know what that means. Talent makes winners, not intangibles. Can nice guys win? Sure, nice guys can win — if they're nice guys with a lot of talent. Nice guys with a little talent finish fourth, and nice guys with no talent finish last.
Bill Bailey (1965) English comedian, musician, actor, TV and radio presenter and author
Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra (2008)
“People tell me there are a lot of guys like me, which doesn't explain why I'm lonely.”
Mort Sahl (1927–2021) American comedian and actor
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