Bud Wilkinson Quotes

We compete, not so much against an opponent, but against ourselves. The real test is this: Did I make my best effort on every play?

Bud Wilkinson

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• That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa.

  

  Haile Gebrselassie
  • Great
  • Learning
  • Achieve

• 'Dark Blue' was a really solid show, and it stopped at season two.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Dark
  • Blue
  • Season

• I grew up in a home where reading was a big deal.

  

  Mallory Ortberg
  • Up
  • Home
  • Reading

• Music is music; you can't change rock and say well this is punk rock and this is acid rock or rockabilly.

  

  Chuck Berry
  • Music
  • Rock
  • Punk

• Being young and female in America, you watch a lot of TV and you grow up on false images of what love truly is.

  

  Lauryn Hill Fugees
  • Up
  • America
  • Young

• The self-organizing and self-correcting imprint is on all aspects of reality. So not only was your body formed by this invisible hand, not only does your body continue to work by this invisible hand, but every aspect of your life - emotionally, physiologically, and spiritually - is also programmed to thrive, is also programmed for self-organization and self-correction.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • Life
  • Work
  • Reality

• We do on stage things that are supposed to happen off. Which is a kind of integrity, if you look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.

  

  Tom Stoppard
  • History
  • Kind
  • Integrity

• Now social media is a centerpiece of our lives. It can be a useful tool for connection and communication. It can ease the isolation that so many people feel in the modern world. But like anything that is powerful, it can have a bad side. As adults, many of us are able to handle mean words, even lies. Children and teenagers can be fragile. They are hurt when they are made fun of or made to feel less in looks or intelligence. This makes their life hard and can force them to hide and retreat. Our culture has gotten too mean and too rough, especially to children and teenagers.

  

  Melania Trump
  • Children
  • Fun
  • Powerful

• Difficulty shows what men are.

  

  Epictetus
  • Men
  • Shows
  • Difficulty

• Do not make them (people) weary at their work. If you do not make them weary, they will not be weary of you.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Work
  • Weary

• He was a monster on the glass. He was just big. The neat thing to see about Jeff is he has gotten to the point where I think he wants to try and get every rebound. And that's pretty rare for a high school kid.

  

  J. M. Roberts
  • Monster
  • Glass

• Science, my boy, is composed of errors, but errors that it is right to make, for they lead step by step to the truth.

  

  Jules Verne
  • Truth
  • Science
  • Errors

• Show me a guy who can't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser.

  

  Sandy Koufax
  • Guy
  • Shows
  • Loser

• Here you go, dear."" The corners of Mrs. Colbert's mouth curled up. "You like meat, don't you?" Emily blinked. Was it her, or did that statement seem...loaded? She checked Issac for his reaction, but he was innocently selecting a roll from a wicker basket. "Uh, thanks." Emily said, pulling the platter toward her. She did like meat. The kind you, um, eat.

  

  Sara Shepard
  • Kind
  • Thanks
  • Meat

• The WILL is always near, dear, though the feet vary.

  

  Emily Dickinson
  • Will
  • Feet

• You don't go into the game to compete. You go into each game to win.

  

  Cam Newton
  • Game
  • Win
  • Compete

• I was stunned. It was a complete takeover. Chrysler had $12 billion in cash and was stronger at the time and should have bought Daimler.

  

  Lee Iacocca
  • Time
  • Compete
  • Chrysler

• You must not let your opponent know how you feel.

  

  Alexander Kotov
  • Know
  • Feel
  • Opponent

• We had to build a city not for businesses or automobiles, but for children and thus for people. Instead of building highways, we restricted car use. We invested in high-quality sidewalks, pedestrian streets, parks, bicycle paths, libraries; we got rid of thousands of cluttering commercial signs and planted trees. All our everyday efforts have one objective: Happiness.

  

  Enrique Penalosa
  • Children
  • Happiness
  • Businesses

• We compete, not so much against an opponent, but against ourselves. The real test is this: Did I make my best effort on every play?

  

  Bud Wilkinson
  • Ourselves
  • Opponent
  • Compete