"It doesn't matter what else is going on. When you walk into your arena or your - whatever you excel at, you're there to take care of the job that you have to do."

-- Michael Phelps

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“I think the main thing for kids is to have them believe in themselves.”
“Make your initial contact short and sweet. Five sentences or less, or under 150 words. If someone instant messages you while you're online, go ahead and IM them back if you want. Otherwise, wait twenty-two to twenty-three hours between email contacts for the first few messages. Don't send messages while most people are sleeping, even if you're wide-awake. Shoot for business hours or just after dinnertime.”
“The only â€˜realisticâ€™ prospect is to ground a new political universality by opting for the impossible, fully assuming the place of the exception, with no taboos, no a priori norms (â€˜human rights,â€™ â€˜democracyâ€™), respect for which would prevent us from â€˜resignifyingâ€™ terror, the ruthless exercise of power, the spirit of sacrifice â€¦ if this radical choice is decried by some bleeding-heart liberals as Linksfaschismus, so be it!”
“We will not rest until the wooden stake is punched through the heart of the Enron lawsuit against us.”
“I work out at Runyon Canyon almost every morning.”
“There are really only two options - you can feel things, or you can shut down. But, once you decide to feel things, you don't get to pick and choose what you feel.”

Source : Jim Palmer (2012). “Being Jesus in Nashville: Finding the Courage to Live Your Life (Whoever and Wherever You Are)”, p.114, iUniverse
“I normally don't initiate conversations with guys unless they want to talk about certain things - when I'm at the facility, I'm there to play football. If you want to talk about the meaning of life, games, whatever, I'm more than happy to, but when I'm in that building, I'm being paid to play football. Conversely, when I'm not at the facility, that's my life to live.”
“We need to do stuff we've always done, even though you might not like it.”

Source : "...and 11 things he wants from you" by Erik Parker, www.glamour.com. September 7, 2008.

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