#finalist

I cried when I found out I was a finalist, I kind of went limp when they called my name. I felt like my spirit jumped out of my body, and I was just flesh - it was just amazing. ↗

— Naima Adedapo

#body #called #cried #felt #finalist

When I first found out that I was an Idol finalist, I cried tears of happiness. I was just so happy, and my family was there and the fact that got to see that moment and share that moment with me was just everything to me. ↗

— Pia Toscano

#everything #fact #family #finalist #first

Being named as a finalist for the USA Basketball National Team is an unbelievable feeling and an opportunity that is truly humbling. It is an honor to be included with such talented players and I look forward to the chance to represent my country this summer. ↗

— James Harden

#being #chance #country #feeling #finalist

My father had died, and very swiftly, too, of cancer of the esophagus. He was 79. I am 61. In whatever kind of a 'race' life may be, I have very abruptly become a finalist. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#am #become #cancer #died #father

The first think I did when I found out I was a finalist, was, I don't remember, because it felt like it was an out of body experience. ↗

— James Durbin

#body #did #experience #felt #finalist

Anytime you play a finalist it's going to be a challenge. ↗

— Steve Nash

#challenge #finalist #going #play #you

I was a finalist for the Pulitzer as a reporter. ↗

— Robert Scheer

#i #pulitzer #reporter