#background

I come from a very rough background, and I'm saying that if you work hard and dedicate yourself that you can make it, too. ↗

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

#come #dedicate #hard #i #make

What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery. ↗

— Ellen Ochoa

#background #common #corps #desire #discovery

Horses will never be my career. It's just a big passion of mine, and one that will always be there in the background, but football is my main passion and everyone knows that. ↗

— Michael J. Owen

#background #big #career #everyone #football

I don't feel ashamed of my wife's political background, and I don't think she should either. I feel that the people who administered the North of Ireland for the last 20 years should be ashamed. There you are. ↗

— Stephen Rea

#ashamed #background #either #feel #i

My parents came from a poor background and worked their way up because of education. They saw it as a way to succeed. So they cared about me getting straight A grades when I was growing up. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#background #because #came #cared #education

To create characters, one must build background. And one of the tools we use is improvisation. ↗

— Harvey Keitel

#build #characters #create #improvisation #must

My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players. ↗

— Hakeem Olajuwon

#american-born #background #gave #many #me

My background is in hardware design. I found hardware work to be a welcome change from thousands of hours of programming and that led to the designs you mentioned. ↗

— David Crane

#change #design #designs #found #hardware

My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background. ↗

— Diane Abbott

#background #cane #cut #forebears #i

Even in 2012, if there's a black character in the movies or on television that's a professional, if we even hear about their backgrounds they're always 'up from the streets.' ↗

— Stephen Carter

#always #backgrounds #black #character #even