Althea Gibson Quotes
In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.Althea Gibson
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Lake Pend Oreille is definitely my favorite place to be while in Sandpoint. I love to get out on a boat to enjoy water sports, camping, fishing, or just to relax and catch a sunset.
Nate Holland -
There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports.
J. C. Watts -
In sports, teams win and individuals don't.
Fran Tarkenton -
On the court, Jason Collins is not a huge basketball star, but he has already claimed his place in civil rights history as the first openly gay athlete to play in one of the four major U.S. sports leagues.
Nancy Gibbs -
You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
Yogi Berra -
I think sports and bodybuilding were the only things that saved me from getting beat up. People are not pleased, for whatever reason, when you can answer all the questions in class. If not for the respect I got from track, cross-country, wrestling and bodybuilding, it would have been a disaster.
Aaron Patzer
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Life is about timing.
Carl Lewis -
I'm very passionate about the use of sports in young people's lives to build self-esteem and self-discipline and self-confidence. It's been a big thing for me.
Ed Skrein -
Gay men in L.A. are all a bunch of tens looking for an eleven.
Zach Braff -
I couldn't find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself.
Ferdinand Porsche -
I tried to get a baseball movie made a couple of years ago and I don't think it didn't happen because I was a woman, but because sports movie don't sell internationally.
Callie Khouri -
Sports in Indonesia aren't being supported by the government. The rewards you get as a young player don't match the effort you put in. I want to be different from other athletes, if not better, and I want to make something good out of my profile and help the younger players have opportunities.
Taufik Hidayat
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The Internet is changing what entertainment and sports is. It's not just a few people authoring an experience for others. It's really growing out of what everybody does.
Gabe Newell -
Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.
Ice Cube -
My childhood was a happy one. I was captain of the school sports team and played cricket after class. I had five younger siblings and a large loving family that lived together. We are still very close.
Naeem Khan -
I've been my mom's kitchen helper since I was a little kid.
Taylor Swift -
It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won't believe how many musicians are sports fans. We have so much time on tour that we need these outlets for relaxation.
Garth Brooks
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If you work hard in real life, people tend to get in your way - either from inertia or prejudice - and they stop you achieving things. It's the worst thing about real life compared with sports, where you generally get what you deserve: if you're the fastest guy, you win; there are no other games being played.
Daley Thompson -
I'm very thankful to all my fans for their constant love and support. I am what I am because of their unconditional love.
Mahesh Babu -
I'm not a stand up at all, it's such a fear of mine. My sister does it, and she's really great at it.
Abby Elliott -
Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to help people out of poverty, the political world was essentially divided into two camps: conservatives who opposed these for a variety of reasons, and liberals who supported them.
Barney Frank -
A great many people do not have the right to their own opinion because they don't know what they are talking about.
Andy Rooney -
In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.
Althea Gibson