"You have to be positive, and I'm not just talking about athletics, this also applies to life."

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Source : "Sheryl Swoopes' finishing move". Interview with Adena Andrews, www.espn.com. June 20, 2011.

Sheryl Swoopes

#Talking Quotes #Being Positive Quotes #Athletics Quotes

“There will always be people who have power over me, who can destroy my spirit and drain my soul. My best defense is to behave as if I have no soul, to act as if my spirit has already been crushed. Perhaps then, I will be left alone or ignored.”
“A lot of women will be sort of 'competitive like a guy' in the workplace, but then when they go home, they realize that's not fully authentic for them. They would like to have a more expansive or more authentic relationship in the workplace around competition.”
“I was always good at math and science, and I never realized that that was unusual or somehow undesirable.”
“Don't complain about what you don't have. Use what you've got. To do less than your best is a sin. Every single one of us has the power for greatness, because greatness is determined by service-to yourself and to others.”
“The furnace which melts gold, also hardens clay. Before blaming thy fate, therefore, find whether thou art gold or clay.”
“Poverty is, except where there is an actual want of food and raiment, a thing much more imaginary than real. The shame of poverty--the shame of being thought poor--it is a great and fatal weakness, though arising in this country, from the fashion of the times themselves.”

Source : William Cobbett (2016). “Advice to Young Men - And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject.”, p.39, Read Books Ltd
“Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt. (The years, as they come, bring many agreeable things with them; as they go, they take many away.)”
“I have very little experience with dating websites. My feeling toward dating websites is what most peoples is: If it works, great. If youre serious and legitimate about it and know what youre looking for, then from what I hear, its definitely effective.”

Source : "Hot Topic: Nev Schulman" by David Yi, www.elle.com. June 25, 2013.

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