Oliver Kahn Quotes
The goalkeeper plays in a psychological position, and he's dealing with mental things. I wanted to describe the things I've done wrong and, most of all, what I've done right, so that other people, including those in other professions, could learn from my experiences.
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I am told by others that I have a lateral-thinking, broad approach to problems, sometimes to my detriment. In school, my grades always suffered because I was continually mucking about with irrelevant side issues, which I often found to be more interesting.
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My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.
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Strong ties with a particular place, the fact that something flourishes there and has a special smell or taste - all this is being lost.
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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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Once a maggot, always a maggot.
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Alex has got toughness about him. It's just that you spend so much time trying to find out what other people want, as opposed to doing what you got to do. You're trying to please everybody and do what everybody expects you to do. And the thing is, they ain't under the same gun.
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What's so great about the truth? Try lying for a change, it's the currency of the world.
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If you can't add to the discussion, don't subtract by talking.
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[Julie Marie Pacino]is a great ballplayer, which I wanted to be. She did make four films by the time she was 14 but we're not going to talk about that.
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The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
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Turn your stumbling blocks into steppingstones to success.
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By burning through coal and oil deposits, humans are putting carbon back into the air that has been sequestered for tens—in most cases hundreds—of millions of years. In the process, we are running geologic history not only in reverse but at warp speed.
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We had a great preseason. The guys responded with what coach George Karl wanted early on in pace of the game, togetherness and defensive intensity. We've improved in those areas with a couple of setbacks, but we've improved each game.
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The goalkeeper plays in a psychological position, and he's dealing with mental things. I wanted to describe the things I've done wrong and, most of all, what I've done right, so that other people, including those in other professions, could learn from my experiences.
