Red Auerbach Quotes

I don't believe in statistics. There are too many factors that can't be measured. You can't measure a ballplayer's heart.

Red Auerbach

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• People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.

  

  Sam Taylor-Wood
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• If I was involved with the NFL, I'd seriously consider adopting some of the rules used in Canada. I've heard, unofficially, of course, some NFL club owners have talked about adding a feature or two. The NFL went for the two-point conversion. Professional sport is entertainment, and the CFL, I believe, is ahead of the NFL in that regard.

  

  Pat Gillick
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• I don't believe in regret.

  

  Sadie Jones
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• I believe life is an 'experience ball.' You throw it at someone, it picks up their response... it grows. You play with that ball, learning what it teaches you.

  

  Vijay Sethupathi
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• We secretly believe that if only we achieve some elusive goal - fitting into a pair of skinny jeans, or redoing our kitchen or getting that promotion - that it will make us happy. But the pain of our insecurity is hidden in all that racing around.

  

  Dani Shapiro
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• There's a part of my heart that forever has Anne Boleyn written on it, who I played in 'The Tudors.'

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Heart
  • Forever
  • Part

• If you believe that markets operate in Alan Greenspan fashion, then you don't inquire into the details.

  

  Oliver E. Williamson
  • Believe
  • Fashion
  • Details

• I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power.

  

  Patricia Cornwell
  • Believe
  • Power
  • Evil

• Even if I have already peaked, I have to believe I can improve. I wake up every morning, and go to practice, with the illusion that I'm going to get better that day.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Day

• A lot of people are living in a dream world - they want to deny that aging occurs or believe it doesn't have to occur. They'll hold on to this belief until the moment they die. The reality will eventually hit them.

  

  S. Jay Olshansky
  • People
  • World
  • Believe

• I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.

  

  Malcolm X
  • People
  • Time
  • Believe

• I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Heart
  • Opinion
  • Race

• You have to be really open to your acting partners and believe in the story.

  

  Rachel McAdams
  • Believe
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  • Story

• It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.

  

  H. L. Mencken
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  • Man
  • Funny

• I played lots of fantasy games. I would create these worlds, and I would believe in them.

  

  Lana Parrilla
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  • Games
  • Create

• Our Founding Fathers who created this republic did not believe in democracy. When did we come to worship this idol?

  

  Pat Buchanan
  • Believe
  • Democracy
  • Worship

• In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

  

  Madame de Stael
  • Heart
  • True
  • Matters

• Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

  

  Saadi
  • Heart
  • Eye
  • Lovely

• I believe that the world was created and approved by love, that it subsists, coheres, and endures by love, and that, insofar as it is redeemable, it can be redeemed only by love.

  

  Wendell Berry
  • World
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• Politics, nature, and what is happening all over the world is important to who we are and where we live.

  

  Ziggy Marley
  • World
  • Important
  • Live

• Leave my soul alone, leave my soul alone

  

  Dannie Abse
  • Soul

• Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

  

  Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • You
  • Like
  • Abuse

• My goal all along has just been to work and support myself. I've been really lucky to walk away from the 'Twilight' series unscathed. Somebody asked me recently what it's like to be a star. I thought that was the strangest question. If you saw my day-to-day life, the word 'star' just doesn't apply.

  

  Anna Kendrick
  • Life
  • Work
  • Support

• I don't believe in statistics. There are too many factors that can't be measured. You can't measure a ballplayer's heart.

  

  Red Auerbach
  • Believe
  • Heart
  • Basketball