If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York. ~Haile Gebrselassie
#quotes #haile-gebrselassie #marathon #running #new-york

As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
#quotes #gena-showalter #teenage

Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing. ~Gene Tunney
#quotes #gene-tunney #sports

In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
#quotes #amby-burfoot #sports #marathon

The goal is to keep having fun. Not let that pressure get to me and still be Missy. ~Missy Franklin
#quotes #missy-franklin #sports #happiness

Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
#quotes #jane-fonda #sports #running #women

The term "genre" eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started. ~Christopher Nolan
#quotes #christopher-nolan

Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
#proverbs #italian-proverbs #focus

When I walk down the runway, my main goal is to not think about the people watching. The idea of all eyes on me would make me too uncomfortable. As I step on the runway, I take a deep breath, focus on a point in the distance, and go! ~Gisele Bundchen
#quotes #gisele-bundchen #modeling

A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
#proverbs #haitian-proverbs #mother

It had run as a column; I had worked at the paper since 1976, but the column had been running for 13 years, and I think it was a strong column, criticizing the war when the paper was supporting it. ~Robert Scheer
#quotes #robert-scheer #war

If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself. ~Candance Bushnell
#quotes #candace-bushnell #women #relationship

The one thing an aspiring writer must understand is that it's hard. If you think it's not hard, you're not doing it right. ~Gene Weingarten
#quotes #gene-weingarten #writing

For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life, the lesson of your utter insignificance. ~Joseph Brodsky
#quotes #joseph-brodsky #boredom #life #time #language

Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
#quotes #h-jackson-brown-jr #children #marriage #gardening

I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal. ~Benjamin Carson
#quotes #benjamin-carson #leadership #talent #recognition

Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, the romance and you find out, you still care for the person.
#love #cute

When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
#quotes #kim-yuna #olympics #skating #korea

A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #truth #laughing

Right, and the definition of basic stupidity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. I am not stupid. I didn't say to keep doing it. Move forward with purpose. Examine what went wrong and correct that one mistake. ~Sherrilyn Kenyon
#quotes #sherrilyn-kenyon #stupidity #change #xypher #acheron

Goal setting will never stop. I will continue to work hard and practice hard and see where things go. ~Zach Johnson
#quotes #zach-johnson #goals #work

I'm a much better mother at 46, than if I were like, 21 or 25. ~Halle Berry
#quotes #halle-berry #mother

Working 14 hours a day until you're 55 and missing your kids growing up is not what I would consider a recipe for happiness. ~Robert Harris
#quotes #robert-harris #children #happiness

I am usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl. ~Hope Davis
#quotes #hope-davis

I think that's what makes a good rapper. Somebody who wants to push themselves and their audience further. ~Donald Glover
#quotes #donald-glover #music