Play is the exultation of the possible.
Date of birth: 1878-02-08
Date of death: 1965-06-13
Quotes number: 13
Nationality: German
Profession: Philosopher
I don't feel right unless I have a sport to play or at least a way to work up a sweat.
The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.
Can you imagine Simon as a kid? His imaginary friends probably never wanted to play with him.
Center is a very tough position to play.
I wanted to play baseball!
Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.
Every time I listen back to solos of mine I'll hear something I like and then another phrase that I can't stand. You have to live with what you play. And the recording medium puts that on us. When I play live gigs I don't think so much like that.
You're just sort of searching for this "thing" and sometimes you get it and sometimes you don't. All music is imperfect, but in jazz since you're improvising, at least the way I play, I'm trying to follow my train of thought in a solo.