Gail Devers Quotes
We go old-school during the summer, like swimming or setting up lemonade stands. I try to teach my kids to make their own fun.Gail Devers
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You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.
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I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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I really miss things like going to football games and pep rallies, and when I come home to Tulsa, I always try to go to those things.
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Coco Chanel once said that what makes a woman look old is trying desperately to look young. Why should one be ashamed to be 84? Why do you have to say that you're 52? Nobody's going to believe you anyway, so why be such a fool? It's nice that you got to be so old. It's a blessing.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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Self-doubt kills talent.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.
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My knee has always given me problems. But it got to the point where I actually had to start giving up things. And I hate that.
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Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.
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I have five horses. My first was a professional jumper named Santos. I got him when I was 18.
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Music continues to remind me that its boundaries are limitless.
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I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or a character - something that can nourish you as a human being as well as an actor.
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I just want to try writing for other people 'cause it's quite exciting.
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Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.
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I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream.
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Make space in your life for the things that matter, for family and friends, love and generosity, fun and joy. Without this, you will burn out in mid-career and wonder where your life went.
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This is a very big victory for Michael and we are all very proud that he has been completely and totally vindicated in court, as we were certain he would be.
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Really, each era has its own false nostalgia. We all put a picket fence up around something. For my generation it was the '50s, and for other generations it will be something else. Change is scary for everyone, as is complexity, contradiction, and an uncertain future.
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I played Little League baseball, but I also played basketball. Basketball was my primary sport. When you play basketball seriously, a lot of times, through the summer season, you continue playing. So that replaced me playing baseball.
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My idea was that if I took a picture of somebody and years later, or whenever, they would die and if someone wanted to know who this person was, they could take one of these pictures and it would tell who the person was.
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We go old-school during the summer, like swimming or setting up lemonade stands. I try to teach my kids to make their own fun.
Gail Devers
