Isaiah Thomas Quotes
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My dad died, I think, at 87. So I'll be lucky if I make 87. But in a lot of cases, the younger people live longer than their parents. And they know more. My dad used to tell me he ate the hog from his rooter to his tooter. So do I when I'm not trying to lose weight.
B. B. King -
Our players are mad, but it's good mad.
Nancy Lopez -
I wish somebody would have told me, 'Don't try too hard,' because when I was younger I wanted to try really hard. I wanted to please everybody and be this perfect, polite little girl.
Taylor Spreitler -
It's always about 'what have you done for me lately.' As players we see what is going on.
Malik Jackson -
I appreciate what I have a lot more than I did when I was younger.
Aaron Carter -
I look 10 years younger than I am. Unfortunately, sometimes I act like I'm 10 years old.
Natalie Cole
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As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.
Oscar Wilde -
I grew up riding when I was younger in Texas. I actually learned how to ride in Norway. I really love riding horses.
Jackson Rathbone -
He's been seasoned, ... Hopefully we've got a young guy who's on the come.
Joe Gibbs -
It's something we're trying to gain information about and letting them talk and visit and seeing what situations may be out there. And we're doing the same thing. We'll see if there's a fit. It has to make sense for us and make sense for both sides.
Joe Gibbs -
I'm just happy for him that he is playing well, ... A lot of times up here you go through tough things. At any one time in the NFL, you're going to have a number of players on a team who are going through tough situations. A lot of times the way they handle it is a measure of someone's character. I think that was Mark's situation last year and Patrick's situation now. The way you go through the tough times leads you to improvement and great performance in the future. It's a test of character when you go through that.
Joe Gibbs -
I would never have thought that would happen, ... Remember, when I signed with the Giants in 1955, it was only eight years since Jackie Robinson. But when I talk to Latino players today, a lot of them don't even realize how hard it was for us then.
Orlando Cepeda
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It's all about developing an atmosphere where players want to support and help each other. You want a nurturing place where they feel they can make mistakes, ... Philadelphia's got one of the great passers for a big man in Webber. And one of the great players as far as scoring guards in Allen. Certainly, that should give them some momentum to work with as they go through the year.
Phil Jackson -
Of course, I was there eight years. Seven of the eight years, we had a team. A team. You know what I mean by team? A team. I think when you go through so many players and changes, that tends to drift away a little bit.
Don Zimmer -
A man must study general conditions, to seize them so as to be able to anticipate probabilities.
Jesse Livermore -
Professional traders have always had some system or other based upon their experience and governed either by their attitude towards speculation or by their desires.
Jesse Livermore -
People talk about loyalty of players to clubs. But in the everyday world, you don't see people being loyal to their company when they're getting offered considerably better deals elsewhere.
Brian O'Driscoll -
I can say that hands down from being in this business 32 years; we're going to be much better than we were last year just because there's eight new players that now have experience and Palacios will be healthy.
Rick Pitino
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So many times through the course of a season you are defined by your backups. They have three players in Kirk Cousins, Niles Paul and Bashaud Breeland who may be better than the players that they’re replacing.
Bill Cowher -
Passion should believe itself irresistible. It should forget civility and consideration and all the other curses of a refined nature. Above all, it should never ask for leave where there is a right of way.
E. M. Forster -
Everything we do is futile, but we must do it anyway.
Mahatma Gandhi -
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I've been joking that if Madonna taught us anything, you've got to reinvent yourself. I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and challenge yourself and take chances. I've tried to take a chance with every film I've done - I've never done it the easy way, and I think that's because that's what excites me, is making as big a mountain as I can in front of me, and just trying to mount it.
Darren Aronofsky -
We decided to go the way of trading and getting younger players.
Isaiah Thomas