Bob Beamon Quotes

In Jamaica High School in New York, my coach was Larry Ellis, and he said I could probably make the Olympic team. He gave me something to shoot for.

Bob Beamon

Quotes to Explore

It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.

Ralph Marston
- Want
- Problem
- Complexity
The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.

Haile Selassie
- Time
- World
- True
To disregard the obvious is not a good trait in a leader in any situation.

Jack Reed
- Good
- Leader
- Situation
I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.

Dale Murphy
- People
- Want
- Perfect
Why would I want a place of my own? Then I would have to things worry about, like doing laundry and having food in the fridge.

Rafael Nadal
- Why
- Want
- Food
After I recovered from 'Lioness', I wanted to write something about animals because I really like mythical creatures, especially dragons. At 12, I was one of those semi-recluses who did better with animals than people. Out of that, came the character, Daine, who could communicate with animals.

Tamora Pierce
- People
- Character
- Better