Bud Collins Quotes

Strangely, although they may seem worlds apart, boxing and tennis have a certain kinship. Two individuals head-to-head, probing for weakness and attacking it. Footwork, timing and stamina are essential. Just you and your opponent until one of you is beaten. There's no brain damage in tennis - although sometimes I wonder.

Bud Collins

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• Boxing
• Worlds

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• I look at my people, and I look at those who control them - the political elite. And the sad thing is that the elites are just not interested in the welfare of the people.

  

  Youssou N'Dour
  • People
  • Political
  • Control

• Violence would be a huge gift to those who want a divided Lebanon.

  

  Saad Hariri
  • Want
  • Violence
  • Gift

• It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Good
  • Appreciate
  • Lens

• A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.

  

  Ibrahim Babangida
  • World
  • Society
  • Past

• My home is attached to a study - in fact, my home is my study, and I have a little room to sleep in. I need to write looking onto the street or a landscape. Looking at reality from some distance gives me romantic visions.

  

  Orhan Pamuk
  • Home
  • Reality
  • Sleep

• After running for a while, things really start to open up in your body. I felt like I'd tapped into parts of my body that I hadn't before. I let things in the universe flow through me that opened me up in a really cool way.

  

  Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Up
  • Running
  • Universe

• I've been incredibly lucky. I've worked in two iconic shows, 'Carry On' and 'EastEnders.' If it all ended tomorrow - and it could - I'd just be terribly grateful. I've been fortunate enough to do what I love and get paid for it.

  

  Barbara Windsor
  • Lucky
  • Grateful
  • Fortunate

• It is in the U.S. interest to engage Iran in serious negotiations - on both regional security and the nuclear challenge it poses.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Challenge
  • Serious
  • Security

• The cardinal rule of taxation is that whatever you put a levy on, you'll inevitably get less of. Taxing corporate activity means less investing, less hiring, fewer jobs and a smaller economy, which hurts the rich, the poor and the middle class alike.

  

  Adam Davidson
  • Economy
  • Rich
  • Taxation

• The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.

  

  Karen Kain
  • Well
  • Arts
  • Thrive

• My interviewing style and my approach to things is that, yes, it's okay to be sincere; it's okay to be yourself; it's okay to be real.

  

  Eddie Trunk
  • Real
  • Style
  • Yourself

• Men who are not loyal to their wives are foolish.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Men
  • Loyal
  • Wives

• I make up my own mind in light of available facts, with my own experience and a sense of personal ethics.

  

  Ian Anderson
  • Up
  • Mind
  • Experience

• The most likely explanation is the most practical. 'Macbeth' is a very popular play with audiences. If you want to sell out a theater, just mount a production of 'Macbeth'. It's a short play, it's an exciting play, it's easy to understand, and it attracts great acting.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Great
  • Acting
  • Popular

• It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham

• ‘You’re frightfully BBC in your language this afternoon, Albert,’ said Tuppance, with some exasperation. Albert looked slightly taken aback and reverted to a more natural form of speech. ‘I was listening to a very interesting talk on pond life last night,’ he explained.

  

  Agatha Christie
  • Life
  • Night
  • Interesting

• This game is something Australians really look forward to.

  

  Matthew Hayden
  • Game

• People might be surprised because I settled for an arranged marriage, but that's what's chosen for us.

  

  Karan Patel
  • People
  • Marriage

• Always enjoy the ride, because you don't know where it's going, but it's going to be all right.

  

  Kimberly Williams-Paisley

• Asquith, when drunk, can make a better speech than any of us when sober.

  

  Bonar Law
  • Speech
  • Drunk
  • Sober

• Quarterback is not a position that you come in having not played it your whole life.

  

  Warren Moon
  • Life
  • You
  • Quarterback

• Even though I had been boxing, I had no idea I could beat somebody in the ring. And I had no idea I could really take a punch. When I realized that, I really started taking off.

  

  Cara Castronuova
  • Idea
  • Boxing
  • Ring

• Where in normal neighborhoods, they would play stick ball and hockey and baseball, we used to slap box and bring boxing gloves down the street and box each other.

  

  Eddie Alvarez
  • Baseball
  • Boxing
  • Hockey

• Strangely, although they may seem worlds apart, boxing and tennis have a certain kinship. Two individuals head-to-head, probing for weakness and attacking it. Footwork, timing and stamina are essential. Just you and your opponent until one of you is beaten. There's no brain damage in tennis - although sometimes I wonder.

  

  Bud Collins
  • Tennis
  • Boxing
  • Worlds