Davone Bess Quotes

We can make a huge impact. We can be that difference maker just because of our status and because of what we do. I would advise all professional athletes to get involved and to try to help make a difference. If we don't, who else will?

Davone Bess

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• Athlete
• Difference
• Making
• Involved

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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
  • Believe
  • Professional
  • Rules

• I'm not making films just to be bold.

  

  Yash Chopra
  • Just
  • Bold
  • Making

• My father was champion of North Africa and he beat the European champ. He was very good, a professional for 12 years. We're from a big family of boxers. My father has seven brothers.

  

  Olivier Martinez
  • Good
  • Family
  • Father

• I wanted to make Canadian films, and I ended up making American films.

  

  Ted Kotcheff
  • Up
  • American
  • Wanted

• More exposure has give to me more discipline because I am seeing that more people are wanting to observe what I am making/filming/singing; this does motivate me to make videos for every week.

  

  Flula Borg
  • Singing
  • Discipline
  • Making

• I want to go where I'm the difference. I want to make something out of nothing. I want to be the reason someone is great.

  

  Dak Prescott
  • Great
  • Want
  • Difference

• I just like when I work with people that are professional and good.

  

  Taraji P. Henson
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• Even though I'm not a competitive athlete, I have to still maintain things and try to keep myself fit because I am at that age where I need to make sure to get those regular checkups and make sure everything is in tact.

  

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  • Age
  • Myself
  • Athlete

• People tend to like an athlete's performance, but if you don't get a feeling for the individual, you're not very emotive about them.

  

  Daley Thompson
  • People
  • Feeling
  • Athlete

• If a man is a writer, everybody tiptoes around past the locked door of the breadwinner. But if you're an ordinary female housewife, people say, 'This is just something Barbara wanted to do; it's not professional.'

  

  Barbara W. Tuchman
  • People
  • Man
  • Past

• I think there's a difference between a gamble and a calculated risk.

  

  Edmund H. North
  • Think
  • Risk
  • Difference

• I have several businesses that revolve around fighting: the training centres, the clothing line and all that stuff. I'll probably be involved in the sport in some way shape or form, and I'll continue to train and be active and do the things that I love to do.

  

  Randy Couture
  • Fighting
  • Training
  • Involved

• I'm very involved in Shred, constantly checking in on something. It takes a lot of time. But it has let me leverage who I am as an athlete into a product.

  

  Ted Ligety
  • Athlete
  • Product
  • Shred

• An athlete and actor are really two different temperaments, night and day. As an athlete you really keep things out and as an actor you really bring things in.

  

  Carl Lewis
  • Different
  • Night
  • Day

• I am so blessed that all I've done in my professional life, since I was 17-18, is play music and somehow make a dollar here and there.

  

  Ian McLagan Small Faces
  • Life
  • Music
  • Done

• That's what I wanted! I wanted to be an athlete, I wanted the girls to like me, and I wanted to be able to get good grades in school, and this man said I could do all that.

  

  Jack LaLanne
  • Good
  • School
  • Athlete

• I've only half-admitted I'm a professional. I know I am, I've paid my dues, but one of the things I could do better when I'm acting is to really be rigorous and to think I know how to do it. To use my brain.

  

  Emily Mortimer
  • Brain
  • Professional

• I do what I'm allowed, but I gladly let the professional - and often incredibly talented - stunt team to do their jobs. Even with all their training, they still get hurt.

  

  Keahu Kahuanui
  • Team
  • Hurt
  • Training

• My style is chic, streamlined and original. I don't like to wear the same things as other people - I push boundaries. Growing up, I was really excited about costumes.

  

  Ashley Leggat
  • People
  • Up
  • Growing

• Every reality before your eyes was once imagined in the mind of one person. No matter who judges or knocks your dream, pay no attention to them. Instead, create what you imagine, and you will then be amazed at the Divine creative capacity you do have that will be well remembered for serving others.

  

  Barbara Rose
  • Reality
  • Remembered
  • Judges

• I don't like feeling vulnerable. I think my mum and dad's divorce affected me more than I let on.

  

  Abbey Clancy
  • Think
  • Feeling
  • Me

• My wife is from Chicago, and every time we go, I just love it. I love the restaurant scene, and people here are so into the food. It's one of the most exciting food cities in the country.

  

  Daniel Humm
  • People
  • Time
  • Country

• I just think about what I am doing on my side of the net, which requires focus. Even after all the years I've been playing, I still get butterflies before each match.

  

  Karch Kiraly
  • Thinking
  • Focus
  • Years

• We can make a huge impact. We can be that difference maker just because of our status and because of what we do. I would advise all professional athletes to get involved and to try to help make a difference. If we don't, who else will?

  

  Davone Bess
  • Professional
  • Athlete
  • Difference