John Wooden Quotes

I met Tiger Woods when he was younger. He's amazing - obviously technically, but his mental approach, too. He's really something.

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• When things happen - you ask yourself why today, why not tomorrow, why not yesterday? That's the most amazing thing about time.

  

  Ozwald Boateng
  • Time
  • Why
  • Today

• That show, 'The Amazing Race' - is that about white people?

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • People
  • Amazing
  • White

• 'Hell is for Children' is amazing to do every night and 'Promises in the Dark' and 'Love Is a Battlefied,' of course, but my absolute favorite would be 'Heartbreaker.' It's the one that started everything, so it has a very special place in my heart. And it still rocks every night! It's so fun to do.

  

  Pat Benatar
  • Children
  • Heart
  • Fun

• Most of the umpires, it's amazing: 98 percent of them will not hold a grudge. I always felt a couple of them did. I never wanted to argue with an umpire in my life.

  

  Earl Weaver
  • Life
  • Amazing
  • Couple

• I think, with 'Pride,' I always knew that was something amazing because of the people who were in it and the story and the way it was written and who was directing. Anyone in that cast knew it was special.

  

  Faye Marsay
  • People
  • Amazing
  • Pride

• Yes, the companionship is amazing. You know, you can get that physical attraction that happens is great, but then there's an awful lot of time and the rest of the day that you have to fill.

  

  Vince Gill
  • Time
  • Great
  • Day

• If life is a checker game, someone else is moving the pieces. It isn't us. Don't be surprised by amazing coincidences. There are no accidents. Consider, as I learned to do, the incredible interconnectedness of all of life.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Life
  • Game
  • Amazing

• I think probably one of the coolest things was when I went to play basketball at Rucker Park in Harlem. First of all, who would think that Larry the Cable Guy would go to Harlem to play basketball? And I was received like a rock star. It was amazing! There were people everywhere. There were guys walking by yelling, 'Git 'r done!'

  

  Larry the Cable Guy
  • People
  • Done
  • Guy

• My mother is a proud Brazilian. I love visiting my family in Rio; the city and its people are so vibrant and amazing.

  

  Harley Viera-Newton
  • People
  • Family
  • City

• With Tiger Woods, you know everyone is watching. But I think interest in women's golf is getting better too.

  

  Yani Tseng
  • Women
  • Golf
  • Tiger

• In waking a tiger, use a long stick.

  

  Mao Zedong
  • Long
  • Tiger
  • Stick

• Shooting at night in Los Angeles is amazing. The city shuts down at 10 P.M. every night, and a whole different cast of characters comes out.

  

  Dan Gilroy Breakfast Club
  • Different
  • Night
  • City

• My family was very unorthodox. My mother was very eccentric and amazing. She always treated us like adults.

  

  Laura Prepon
  • Family
  • Mother
  • Amazing

• Music is amazing. There's some metaphysical comfort where it allows you to be isolated and alone while telling you that you are not alone... truly, the only cure for sadness is to share it with someone else.

  

  Wayne Coyne
  • Music
  • Alone
  • Amazing

• The work-family divide is the biggest issue for American women. But in some ways it's amazing how adjusted society has become to it. In the 1970s, as women began to take more jobs, society was reeling.

  

  Gail Collins
  • Work
  • Women
  • Family

• I just want to be a part of great stories, whether I'm part of an amazing ensemble cast or I'm leading it or the antagonist or whatever.

  

  Zoe Saldana
  • Great
  • Want
  • Amazing

• Exercise is amazing, from the inside out. I feel so alive and have more energy.

  

  Vanessa Hudgens
  • Energy
  • Amazing
  • Exercise

• Our fears are an amazing gift of the imagination... a way of glimpsing what might be the future when there's still time to influence how that future will play out.

  

  Karen Thompson Walker
  • Time
  • Future
  • Amazing

• I've created, directed and choreographed for Lady Gaga since the beginning, so 'Born This Way,' this was musically such an amazing evolution and such a brilliant record. So when she played it for me, it took me a while to find out the visual interpretation that I could give back to her.

  

  Laurieann Gibson
  • She
  • Amazing
  • Beginning

• I was driven completely by a desire to understand how cells worked.

  

  Randy Schekman
  • Desire
  • Understand
  • Driven

• When I finally got up to Industrial Light And Magic to work on the 'Star Wars' movies as a model-maker, it felt like dying and going to heaven.

  

  Adam Savage
  • Up
  • Work
  • Light

• Praise and criticism seem to me to operate exactly on the same level. If you get a great review, it's really thrilling for about ten minutes. If you get a bad review, it's really crushing for ten minutes. Either way, you go on.

  

  Ann Patchett
  • Great
  • Bad
  • Criticism

• A healthy mind and body are essential. No excesses. Proper food. The body is like a Rolls-Royce. With care, it could last 200 years. It's a dynamo; the more you use it, the more you recharge it.

  

  Oleg Cassini
  • Mind
  • Food
  • Care

• I met Tiger Woods when he was younger. He's amazing - obviously technically, but his mental approach, too. He's really something.

  

  John Wooden
  • Amazing
  • Tiger