Quotes of: Professional-athlete Keyword

We stand a professional distance apart, as if I can’t feel his pain screaming in my head. Mine amplifies his; they share a joint sound—that of glass breaking—until they swell to a crescendo that deafens.

Aftermath

The transfer of [...] capabilities from various professional classes to the general public is epochal.

Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations

Professional writers write to fit

From Inspiration to Publication: How to Succeed as a Children's Writer: Advice from 15 Award Winning Writers

Was it wrong that I kind of wanted to do her right there? Okay, Kate. Be professional about this. Also you have a girlfriend. A girlfriend who can juggle cars.

Shadows & Dreams

The worst attitude of all would be the professional attitude with regards children in the raw as a sort of raw material which we must handle.

On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature

Your posture is the key to your personal and professional foundation.

My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today

Readers, professional or casual, are alert to passages in a book that illuminate what was previously shadowy and formless.

Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books

story telling is not a career, it's a calling. I've been writing true and compelling news my entire professional life. My novels are packs of lies

Last Witness

Life had become some kind of profound competition, where my emotional loss was substituted by my professional success. I became a part of what they call the rat race.

Seduced by Murder

When you get to know them, most professional fighters are big teddy bears. I say that having been beat up by a few stuffed animals.

Sleepwalking is restercise

Know this about yourself: there is only one reason professional salespeople lose orders-- they are outsold.

Power Base Selling: Secrets of an Ivy League Street Fighter

As a kid, you obviously dream of being a professional footballer. I would watch players like Ronaldo of Brazil and pretend to be him in the playground. But I don't think about trying to become one of the best in the world or anything like that. I jus...

Gareth Bale

If there is such a thing as 'a Cukor style,' I guess it arises out of two principal factors: my own personalized perception of the world and my ability to deal professionally with actors. As far as perception is concerned, I always try to imagine set...

George Cukor

The countries who do the best in international comparisons, whether it's Finland or Japan, Denmark or Singapore, do well because they have professional teachers who are respected, and they also have family and community which support learning.

Howard Gardner

The best thing I can say is professional football is a business. When they are recruiting football players, they are not recruiting model citizens. Everybody has to be aware of this. What's being selected for the NFL is the ability to play and perfor...

Jackson Katz

Every profession will have its rogues, of course, no matter what oaths are sworn, but many health care professionals have a real commitment to serving the best interests of their clients.

Peter Singer

I can be really silly, but I never get to do that. I'm always playing on-the-nose characters, professionals - lawyers, a serious news anchor, people with a really focused energy, which can become a cliched type.

Nicole Ari Parker

{ } On behalf of 15,000 professional musicians, comprising the American Federation of Musicians, permit me to extend to you our heart-felt and most sincere sympathy in the irreparable loss of the model husband, father, and . .

Owen Miller

Whatever makes you laugh is fine, and all we can do as comedy professionals is try to steer you towards something that we think is a little better - but not put you down or just perplex you in the process.

Paul Feig

When I hear so-called professional journalists ask why we have celebrities speak for us and for the animals, the environment or social causes, I marvel at their denial of the rules of their own trade.

Paul Watson

But charity is a very complicated thing. It's important to find an area where you can really help and you can feel the results. Charity is not like feeding pigeons in the square. It is a process that requires professional management.

Roman Abramovich