"I hate to lose more than I like to win. I hate to see the happiness on their faces when they beat me!"

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Source : "Larry Bird : Doer and Teacher" by Douglas S. Looney, Christian Science Monitor (p. 8.), May 22, 1998.

Jimmy Connors

#Softball Quotes #Sports Quotes #Motivation Quotes

“When I was younger, I was obsessed with makeup! I couldn't wait to head down to the drugstore to buy the newest eyeshadow and lip stick. Only thing was, I never really realized you could actually have a career in beauty! Once I got my first taste of makeup in the "professional world," during fashion week, I was hooked.”
“For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.”
“Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.”
“Post-9/11, we saw an immediate uptick in the amount of people in our stores, all over the country. People wanted that human connection. We are not going to fracture the Starbucks experience.”
“I love New York City. Everyone is busy with their own lives - and no one is interested in some Hollywood celebrity walking past in downtown Manhattan”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If pressed, I would say I feel British. It's where I grew up and where I choose to live, the culture that I love, but I feel perfectly at home in America, I don't feel like a tourist or anything.”

Source : "Rebecca Hall is Transcontinental". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 15, 2012.
“Anybody who is a professional athlete who has a social media account on any of the networks, when they sign up for that account, they subject themselves to all of the criticisms and all of the praises that may or may not be out there. So you can't get on social media and complain about the people because that's what you know you're dealing with. You have to hear it. You don't have to respond. Me personally, I don't respond to the negativity. It's gonna be there. I read it. It keeps me grounded.”

Source : KSK Interview, uproxx.com. October 29, 2012.
“I never expected to be approached for an ad campaign.”

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