The authors are at their most titillating — and, unfortunately, their most smug — when they're playing shrink, attributing quite a number of statistically quantifiable sports phenomena to certain psychological concepts.
He plays shrink to his classmates, convinces his own on-call psychiatrist that he's suffering from their maladies, then sells the doctor's prescriptions to the wounded parties.
She has rarely been one to play shrinking violet types, or even straightforward romantic leads.
In addition, don't be afraid to stand up and be counted when you've got the paper trail of your involvement in work well done; this isn't the time to play shrinking violet because the saboteur competitor doesn't play fair.
Because Murray and Lendl spend very little time together away from the court, this is also where Lendl, standing a couple feet behind Murray as he hits balls, plays shrink.
Play shrink with the shrink -- who, we warn you, does not give a lot of herself away -- and ask her: What do you mean, "pleasantly surprised?" "We did not know what to expect," Dr. Rigual-Lynch says.
So I can play a college professor, I can play a shrink, I could play an intellectual, even though I'm not an intellectual, or I can play a lowlife.
Adam Rolston, an architect friend, played furniture shrink.
Margaret: Has he played a shrink before?
You'll see me in Episode 6 -- I play Jeff Daniels' shrink.
