"This is the first medal I've ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It feels great. I can't explain it."

-- Michael Phelps

#Swimming Quotes #Gold Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“It is as easy for most of us to keep from stealing our dinners as it is to digest them, and there is quite as much voluntary morality involved in one process as the other.”
“I don't want people losing respect for me as a player. I want to go out in every game and perform to the highest level. I have no retirement plans. I've had a lot of injuries but I want to continue playing.”
“Love' is finding the familiar dear. / 'In love' is to be taken by surprise.”

Source : Mona Van Duyn (2008). “Selected Poems”, p.189, Knopf
“I don't want my kids to be like me, I don't want my daughter to date a guy like me. You know, for a guy like me success is to take care of my children to take care of their life and make 'em cushioned. I don't want them to be around people like me. You know, success for me would be that they never have the opportunity of being in the presence of someone like me.”
“I generally find that comparison is the fast track to unhappiness. No one ever compares themselves to someone else and comes out even. Nine times out of ten, we compare ourselves to people who are somehow better than us and end up feeling more inadequate.”
“I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading.”
“Michael still thought of Havana as home, because he was born there. And he had been Miguel Arroya there. Here, he was Michael.”

Source : Mike Lupica (2007). “Heat”, p.15, Penguin
“Don't tell your friends about your indigestion. "How are you" is a greeting, not a question.”

Source : A Poet's Proverbs 'Of Tact'

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