"If it comes down to you or the program that decision was made long ago."

-- Don Meyer

#Basketball Quotes #Long Quotes #Decision Quotes

“Most of the time, the creative part is like playing in a sandbox. I can sit here and work for 12 hours and not get tired of it.”
“The first quarter-century of your life was doubtless lived under the cloud of being too young for things, while the last quarter-century would normally be shadowed by the still darker cloud of being too old for them; and between those two clouds, what small and narrow sunlight illumines a human lifetime!”

Source : James Hilton (1988). “Lost Horizon”, p.153, Simon and Schuster
“Me and Miz are one and the same. I share some of the qualities he has and I need to learn some things from him, but there's absolutely no jealousy here between the two of us.”

Source : "Banking on The Miz". Skysports Interview, www.skysports.com. November 15, 2010.
“I wonâ€™t give up what I enjoy to look perfect. I want to find a happy medium between feeling good about my body and still having a beer and some barbecue.”
“There was something unbearable in the things, in the people, in the buildings, in the streets that, only if you reinvented it all, as in a game, became acceptable. The essential, however, was to know how to play, and she and I, only she and I, knew how to do it.”

Source : Elena Ferrante (2015). “The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante Boxed Set”, p.93, Penguin
“One training device is the ergometer. I never owned one, never trained on one, and practically never used one. The few national team tests I took on ergs were dismal failures, which worked wonders to further my dislike of these beastly creatures. Boring. Tedious. Noisy. Ergs have greatly cheapened rowing. Graceless. Greasy. Grim. The erg is to rowing what having sex by yourself is to having sex. Stop it!”
“For me, style is something that I've always loved. It's more than just, "Oh I make this type of music, so I should dress this type of way." But it's very important. On the other hand, if I was on stage in a hoodie and some baggy jeans, it wouldn't give off the same feeling. People appreciate the music, but people want to see the whole visual thing.”

Source : "Interview: Leon Bridges on love, life advice, and lyrics". Interview with Rose Riddell, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. February 29, 2016.
“That luminous part of you that exists beyond personality - your soul, if you will - is as bright and shining as any that has ever been. Bright as Shakespeareâ€™s, bright as Gandhiâ€™s, bright as Mother Theresaâ€™s. Clear away everything that keeps you separate from this secret luminous place. Believe it exists, come to know it better, nurture it, share its fruits tirelessly.”

Source : "George Saunders’s Advice to Graduates". Commencement Speech, 6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com. July 31, 2013.

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