#ak

I missed being considered an athlete and having that competitive drive, and missed having something to work for every day. I'd taken two and a half years away from the sport and was out of shape. I wanted to get back to where I was in 2008. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#away #back #being #competitive #considered

I think about my goals. There were a lot of times in gymnastics when I really didn't want to go in and train, but you can't make it to the Olympics if you don't train! ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#go #goals #gymnastics #i #i think

I understood, through rehab, things about creating characters. I understood that creating whole people means knowing where we come from, how we can make a mistake and how we overcome things to make ourselves stronger. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#characters #come #creating #how #i

Bush's choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate is clear confirmation of the policies he would promote and the nominations he would make to an already closely divided U.S. Supreme Court. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#bush #cheney #choice #clear #closely

I walk the streets, take the train, it's real simple. Some actors create their own mythology: 'Oh, I'm so famous I can't go places, because I created this mythology that I'm so famous I can't go places.' ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#create #created #famous #go #i

I know my strengths. Painfully aware of the weaknesses. There's many. I love sports. So working towards a common goal, that's exciting to me. ↗

— Kathy Ireland

#common #common goal #exciting #goal #i

I think I'm too much of a control freak. ↗

— Kathy Ireland

#control freak #freak #i #i think #much

I was not making enough time to take care of me. ↗

— Kathy Ireland

#enough #i #making #me #take

So many young people say, 'I'm just going to see what happens.' It's so much more powerful to make things happen and have a plan. ↗

— Kathy Ireland

#happen #happens #i #just #make

More than 10,000 ballots in Miami-Dade County have been rejected by some machine without any opportunity for a human being to take a look. That is just not right. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#ballots #been #being #county #human