Fran Tarkenton Quotes
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Some people thought I'd be on the PGA Tour, that I'd win tournaments, play in majors, contend in majors, win majors. I thought they were crazy.
Zach Johnson The Fray -
An incident that left an impression on me was the 1999 sub-junior national boxing championship held in Calcutta. I had trained extremely hard to get there but got kicked out in the first round itself. 'If others can win, why can't you?' I repeatedly asked myself.
Vijender Singh -
The best kids are going to become the best. But the best thing about it is that you're going to learn lessons in playing those sports about winning and losing and teamwork and teammates and arguments and everything else that are going to affect you positively for the rest of your life.
Carl Lewis -
The mistake I really learned from was in 2005, leading the Indianapolis 500. I had a decision whether or not to save enough fuel to finish the race - which meant slowing down - or going all-out for the win. I went conservative and saved enough fuel to go to the end but finished fourth.
Danica Patrick -
Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
Babe Ruth -
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
Oscar Wilde
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I get the 'The New York Times' and 'Los Angeles Times' thrown at my door every morning. I'll read the front page of 'The New York Times,' then the op-eds, then scan the arts section and then the sports section. Then I do the same with the 'L.A. Times.'
Aaron Sorkin -
The first time you win, nobody picks you; the last time you win, nobody picks you. You've just got to pick yourself.
Venus Williams -
I couldn't find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself.
Ferdinand Porsche -
I'm always the underdog, and I go in there and win the fights.
Rafael dos Anjos -
Sometimes you can press a little bit and you're trying to do too much and you're trying too hard. You want to win so bad and you want to help the team so badly that you end up trying too much instead of letting the play come to you.
Ed Belfour -
Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.
Ice Cube
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When I first came into the league, my first three, four years, I had a teammate from college win a Super Bowl.
Calvin Johnson -
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
Napoleon Hill -
I'm just glad my gold medal's at home, because I'd hate to try to win another.
Caitlyn Jenner -
It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
The possibility that a provincial town could win the League completely bucks the trend.
Gary Lineker -
Sally Jenkins of the 'Washington Post' is the best sports columnist in the country. Second best is Gene Wojciechowski of ESPN.com, and third is Dan Wetzel on Yahoo!
Dan Jenkins
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When I was a kid, I just figured we'd be living on the moon by the year 2000.
Edgar Wright -
I'm not out to preach. I just live my own life. I'm very happy if I can help somebody - that's wonderful. But it's up to them what they want to think about it or what they want to take away; it's their business, not mine.
Iris Apfel -
When I first starting conceiving series like 'Courtney,' 'Polly,' 'How Loathsome,' etc., I was shooting for closed story-arcs but open-ended concepts. Then I started realizing I was committing myself to potentially endless series.
Ted Naifeh -
I firmly believe that the Constitution is the most powerful challenge to illiberal tendencies. If the Constitution is followed in letter and spirit and if the laws are made in the spirit in which Constitution was made, liberties can indeed be protected.
Palaniappan Chidambaram -
I definitely want to continue acting and performing.
Sabrina Bryan -
In sports, teams win and individuals don't.
Fran Tarkenton