There are many ways to motivate yourself to reach a higher level. Write about it, dream about it. But once you’ve done that – make it happen. Don’t settle for dreaming.
I ain’t no saint, but I’ve tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God…I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs. If I could do or say anything that would give some kid that feeling, I would believe I had contributed something to the world.
It is only when a mosquito lands on your testicles that you realize that there is always a way to solve problems without using violence.
The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.
You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep rereading the last one.
I’ve never gotten over what they call stagefright. I go through it every show. I’m pretty concerned, I’m pretty much thinking about the show. I never get completely comfortable with it, and I don’t let the people around me get comfortable with it, in that I remind them that it’s a new crowd out there, it’s a new audience, and they haven’t seen us before. So it’s got to be like the first time we go on.
If the heroes run and hide, who will stay and fight?
Sometimes, the wrong train takes you to the right station.
You have to take the wrinkles that come. And all those who get their skin sprayed and look like wounded warriors for a long time, become very little prettier, but look so sour. The smile is actually the best face-lift, I think.
My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.
I want a globe as a birthday present – in life size.
Over the years, those who have seemed to me to be the most happy, contented and fulfilled have always been the people who have lived the most outgoing and unselfish lives.
If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.
You have to go through hell to be successful. There’s a reason the devil wears Prada.
A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It’s my favorite part of the business – live concerts.
Yes, the players showed an excellent attitude, but I am never satisfied when we are out on Lars Tyndskid’s field and then lose.
The bicycle has a soul. If you succeed to love it, it will give you emotions that you will never forget.
His shiny ice flashes like the sword of Athens in the setting French evening sun.
Professional soccer is not a social office.
I don’t think you should think too much about the fact that time is passing and you’re not a teenager anymore. Then you just get plagued and get even more wrinkles and look even more grumpy and sad.
There are too many factors you have to take into account that you have no control over. The most important factor you can keep in your own hands is yourself. I always placed the greatest emphasis on that.
When my parents went to Knoxville for work, I stayed with my dad’s mom. She was strict – the type to stiffen up and iron dresses. I had to sit more than I played. Oh, I was miserable. I liked being out with the animals. I entered the house with my hair pulled out, the ribbon off my dress, dirty as heck. I always got spanked.
Suicide is never the answer. You must outlive your enemies.
That’s one of the worst things about getting old. That people allow themselves to die before you.
It is better to be one of those who sometimes go wrong than one of those who do not go at all.