Red McCombs (Billy Joe McCombs) Quotes
Instead of wanting to win, we expected to win. There's a lifetime between wanting something and expecting something. When you expect something, it means you've prepared, done the work, and EXPECT TO WIN!!
Quotes to Explore
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I always managed to get in trouble, like every kid. But I had to learn a lot of hard lessons on my own, without parents who would nurture me and guard me through that part of life, at a very young age.
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There had always been black people in and out of our house, and from the outset I had been taught that for them life was defined by struggle and filled with injustice.
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While girls average a healthy five hours a week on video games, boys average 13. The problem? The brain chemistry of video games stimulates feel-good dopamine that builds motivation to win in a fantasy while starving the parts of the brain focused on real-world motivation.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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Having grown up in the Middle East, eating beans for breakfast always seemed like a bizarre British eccentricity.
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You can talk good ideas out of existence.
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Could one live on the sense of beauty alone, exempt from the necessity of 'creature comforts,' a sea-voyage would be delightful.
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When I was in college, I had only one ambition that one day I would like to be a director.
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Everybody in America who didn't come over the Bering Strait ice bridge stole his land from somebody else.
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Having children is not for everyone, but I think it's a beautiful lesson in it not being all about me anymore. It's a relief, in a way. It's like, this is her story now, and I'm her mom. It's a nice shift.
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In 'Rocky' and 'Paradise Alley,' my dad played very expressive characters, and he was out there.
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I don't feel we need a declaration from the Palestinians that they recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
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The real beauty of it - key to my life was playing key chords on a banjo. For somebody else it may be a golf club that mom and dad put in their hands or a baseball or ballet lessons. Real gift to give to me and put it in writing.
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I just love to see people having a good time.
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Just know what's inside your food.
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My race and sex had a great deal more to do with what people believed I could do than with what I actually could do.
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The only thing that will be remembered about my enemies after they're dead is the nasty things I've said about them.
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I'm not romantic; I'm very practical. There are lots of fish in the sea; so whoever gets struck with your rod, one is as good as another.
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I think new experiences are extremely important. I think it's really important to constantly challenge yourself. Comfort is not a good thing. It's good to take yourself out of your comfort zone and to look for new challenges.
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A book is a magical thing that lets you travel to far-away places without ever leaving your chair.
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I always wanted kids I could take to work, and for them to experience the things I experience. So, having three boys as a footballer was a dream.
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Instead of wanting to win, we expected to win. There's a lifetime between wanting something and expecting something. When you expect something, it means you've prepared, done the work, and EXPECT TO WIN!!
