"When people say (nice) things you take them as compliments and it's nice, but it won't help you win your next game. The thing I am trying to keep in mind is that relying on my past performance will not make me win my next game, it'll only get in my way."

-- Greg Maddux

#Nice Quotes #Winning Quotes #Past Quotes

“The main cause is a pernicious falsehood propagated against her being, namely that she is inferior by her nature. Inferior in what? What has man ever done that woman, under the same advantages could not do?”
“The Dance: A minimum of explanation, a minimum of anecdotes - and a maximum of sensations.”
“Give me a sport that is greater than wrestling, that's more dominant than wrestling and with more champions in fighting than with wrestling. There isn't. The sport that's king is wrestling.”
“It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong.”

Source : John Cheever, Blake Bailey (2009). “John Cheever: Collected Stories and Other Writings”
“If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity. The risk is to shorten a career that could have lasted 10 years because the athlete is burnt out.”
“I will keep that a secret as it was so indecent I doubt she was in her normal state of mind when she made it.”
“Do you have any idea how much I love you?â€ he asked. â€Enough to accept my apologies?â€ I suggested in a small voice. â€Heck no,â€ he said, and pushed off from the wall, stalking forward. When he reached me, he put his hands up and touched the sides of my neck with the tips of his fingers â€“ as if I were something fragile. â€No apologies from you,â€ he told me, his voice soft enough to melt my knees and most of my other parts.”
“When a young man begins to go down hill everything seems to be greased for the occasion.”

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