In these days of modern tennis a player is as strong as his weakest stroke.
Bill TildenRead
It really does frustrate me when I watch MLS, and I see our best U-17 players - who, again, are so talented and so capable - being rostered... but then not being put on the field much to actually play. I watch that, and I just think about how I was given a chance... a real chance... and it changed my life.
Interpretation
Players need opportunities to grow and succeed in their careers.
In this quote, Christian Pulisic expresses his frustration over the lack of playing time for talented young players in Major League Soccer (MLS). He reflects on how having the opportunity to play significantly impacted his own career, suggesting that similar chances could benefit the next generation of players.
In practice
In a sports development seminar discussing the importance of youth training programs.
In these days of modern tennis a player is as strong as his weakest stroke.
Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smoky Joe Wood.
A lot of people wish they could be in the house with the greatest of anything. I just so happened to live across the hall from absolutely, positively the greatest women's basketball player ever.
There's room for boys' and girls' football in the world-that's what I believe.
Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.
I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty.
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