21.   Perhaps for that reason, Popejoy said, trumpet players tend to be brash, egotistical and like to stick out in the crowd.

22.   Players tend to have respect for those who have been on the battlefield, according to Chris Dishman, a second-year guard who plays next to Brown.

23.   Players tend to hang out together based on interests more than anything.

24.   The Esplanade players tend to be younger and more appreciative of the work.

25.   The food and wine might be great, but the best European basketball players tend to come from Yugoslavia or one of the former Soviet republics.

26.   The players tend to not hear such stuff because they are too busy actually being tough.

27.   The players tend to respect a coach who makes millions of dollars a year.

28.   The problem with having such a young squad is that younger players tend to make more mistakes.

29.   Trumpet players tend to be the most extroverted jazz musicians.

30.   Violin players tend to be prima donnas, he said.