Famous Quotes & Sayings

Debi Thomas

It is great to be a part of the whole skating family, and it makes me feel ecstatic that my name will be among the greats of the sport.

Andre Agassi

But, I would say when I was four years old and I was at the Alan King Tennis Tournament and I was hitting with all the pros that would come to town. They would get me on the court or take notice and that stayed with me.

Andre Agassi

First of all, in any sport where you can measure distance, height speed and all of that, you see how athletes have changed their sport and made it better. I believe, with every generation, the sport has improved. Certainly, in the men's game, that has been the case. I think that I played Pete [Sampras] at his best, I played Roger [Federer] at his best.. I believe wholeheartedly that Roger and [Rafael] Nadal have pushed the game much further than myself or Pete ever did. Their options on the tennis court are considerably more than ours.

Andre Agassi

This sport has given me so much that my hope would be to give back as much as I can for as long as I can.

Andre Agassi

When I was 7 years old I saw Jimmy Connors make someone carry his bag, as though he were Julius Caesar. I vowed then and there that I would always carry my own.

Andre Agassi

Sometimes it's just harder to remind yourself about what you're doing and why you're doing it... Other times, you have a great desire for it, but physically you're not responding the way you want. That presents other challenges. Then sometimes it all comes together.

Chuck Klosterman

I love sports, but I don't like live sporting events, because I don't like sitting in the crowd. I like listening to records, but I don't like going to concerts, because I don't like standing in the crowd. I guess I just don't like being in the crowd itself.

Chuck Daly

Though I'd have to say it was generally the guys in Detroit, as a group, that won the two Championships. They were terrific and I always look back very fondly.

Chuck Daly

The important thing is to get the right players on the team so Mike can be successful.

Jim McCrery

Reducing health costs and increasing access to health care are worthy goals that every Member of Congress should support.

Eric Taylor

Success is not a goal, it's a byproduct.

Eric Staal

I want to be that counted-on guy to score goals.

Emma Stone

My great goal in life is to try to remember that everything is of equal value.

Helen Fielding

It is proved by surveys that happiness does not come from love, wealth, or power but the pursuit of attainable goals.

John Drinkwater

This be my pilgrimage and goal Daily to march and find The secret phrases of the soul, The evangels of the mind.

John Ortberg

The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.

John Dewey

Not perfection as a final goal, but the ever-enduring process of perfecting, maturing, refining is the aim of living.

John Dewey

Purposeful action is thus the goal of all that is truly educative.

Jeff Francoeur

If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?

James C. Collins

It is more important to know who you are than where you are going, for where you are going will change as the world around you changes.

Jamelia

Touring and promoting and recording take a lot of time, it's just getting the right balance that's important.

Jacqueline Novogratz

Dignity is more important than wealth.

Christopher Hampton

You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a theory to be shapely, than for it to be true.

Evelyn Lauder

I feel it's important to make a mark somewhere.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

Health is more important than anything,

Henry Moore

One never knows what each day is going to bring. The important thing is to be open and ready for it.

Jim Carrey

Originality is really important.