Dan Jenkins Quotes
The key to any good sports story is identifying the defining moment. In football games or a boxing match, it's usually pretty obvious. But in golf, sometimes it happens on Thursday. Usually it's Sunday, but guys who don't know the game, they can miss it.
Quotes to Explore
-
I think it was a good challenge for me to get my reactions across without being able to speak.
-
I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it's the good people who don't speak out.
-
I think that ballet is very good for the body. It's very similar to yoga, because you have to hold a position.
-
Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.
-
Yes, I mean, I used to be into the big bulk thing, and that's why my legs look like those of a cyclist instead of a shooter's, but I think there is a point to where too much is not a good thing. I think I try to lower my center of gravity by doing a lot of legs.
-
The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.
-
My husband and I don't have sons, so we never had to ask ourselves how we'd have felt about them playing football.
-
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.
-
It takes me a long time to write, and I trust myself, so I write very sparsely, so when I do, I know it's good, you know what I mean? Rather than writing a whole bunch and having to sort out what's good and what's not.
-
Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.
-
Good investors must learn to contextualize the daily background noise.
-
I think that a lot of kids today focus on impressing each other. And while that's really nice, you also have to think about your future, about getting into a good school.
-
That's where the good ideas come from: the people, not the boardroom. But you have to be willing to put in the legwork.
-
My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing the character.
-
My unusual beauty tip is that I often use Vaseline to take my make up off. It works great and is good for sensitive skin.
-
I'm a crier. I always cry. I cry at the dumbest things, too. This is why I sort of steer clear of movies and films that I know are going to be depressing. I don't care how many awards they've won - I know they're good. I don't need to watch them, because I don't want to be depressed, and I don't want to cry.
-
I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.
-
I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't.
-
The only thing worse than a bad review from the Ayatollah Khomeini would be a good review from the Ayatollah Khomeini.
-
Not all of the Islamic State killers are going to die on the battlefield.
-
I never sought nor gained personal benefit in school or job applications based on my heritage.
-
The problem isn't that the green jobs aren't sexy enough. It's that they're not plentiful enough. A young person looking for a job isn't looking just for a sexy job, they're looking for any job.
-
The key to any good sports story is identifying the defining moment. In football games or a boxing match, it's usually pretty obvious. But in golf, sometimes it happens on Thursday. Usually it's Sunday, but guys who don't know the game, they can miss it.
