"It's cool just because I've had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it's finally happening."

-- Michael Phelps

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“My parents grew up in poor families where little English was spoken, they both went to college and became teachers. They believed that anything was possible with hard work, and they particularly stressed the importance of education. They instilled that same belief in my sister and me.”

Source : "An Interview With Justice Samuel Alito on Immigration, His Mentors and Advice for a Successful Life". Interview with Madaline Donnelly, dailysignal.com. November 09, 2014.
“in his fairy dreams of war [Thaddeus] always made conquest the sure end of his battles ...”
“Excellence is not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are the things you will do best.”
“Good relationships make people happy, and happy people enjoy more and better relationships than unhappy people.... Conflicts in relationships--having an annoying office mate or roommate, or having chronic conflict with your spouse--is one of the surest ways to reduce your happiness. You never adapt to interpersonal conflict; it damages every day, even days when you don't see the other person but ruminate about the conflict nonetheless.”
“After my training wheels, my first real bike was a Schwinn, and my first time out, I rode down a hill, didnâ€™t know how to stop, and ran right into a tree. So, that was a nice experience ... like realizing, oh, there are brakes!”
“I think so much emphasis these days is placed upon achievement and skill and assessment that the joy has gone out of reading for many kids. Students become distracted by struggling to learn to read or by the pressure to achieve.”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
“Because of baseball I smelled the rose of life. I wanted to travel, and to have nice clothes. Baseball allowed me to do all those things, and most important, during my time with the Crawfords, it allowed me to become a member of the brotherhood of friendship which will last forever.”
“Science or research is always under pressure to deliver something which can be used immediately for society.”

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