I will always listen to my coaches. But first I listen to my body. If what they tell me suits my body, great. If my body doesnt feel good with what they say, then always my body comes first. – Haile Gebrselassie
Im surrounded by nothing but great people. Ive been blessed with that, so really, Ive got no choice but to be an all-around good person. – Tim Duncan
You know, be able to do something great in your life, youre gonna have to realize your failures. Youre gonna have to embrace them and figure out how to overcome it. – Dave Chappelle
I tell students that even if they dont like math right now, they can use math as a brain-sharpening tool – a tool that not only builds the foundation for a great career, but that also builds self-confidence, no matter what they choose to do with their lives. – Danica McKellar
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they dont necessarily want to go, but ought to be. – Rosalynn Carter
I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. Theyre always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat Bob Marley got heat Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means youre doing something right. – Ziggy Marley
I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesnt matter if youre a Democrat or a Republican, young or old. – Arnold Schwarzenegger
When I meet people who say – which they do all of the time – I must just tell you, my great aunt had cancer of the elbow and the doctors gave her 10 seconds to live, but last I heard she was climbing Mount Everest, and so forth, I switch off quite early. – Christopher Hitchens
The sea, the great unifier, is mans only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat. – Jacques Yves Cousteau
Mistakes are part of the game. Its how well you recover from them, thats the mark of a great player. – Alice Cooper
Great is the difference betwixt a mans being frightened at, and humbled for his sins. – Thomas Fuller