#had

I was still young when I missed Beijing. I was favourite to win a medal but I knew I had time. My coach advised me to stay at school and finish my exams. Even if I had gone and won the Olympics, I might not have handled the pressure. So I moved on. ↗

— David Rudisha

#beijing #coach #even #exams #favourite

My father's encouragement is what has brought me this far, because when I grew up I wanted to be like him, and I knew I had that ability to become an athlete. Being an Olympian is one of the greatest things, and being an Olympic gold medallist is one of the most prestigious titles in the world. ↗

— David Rudisha

#athlete #because #become #being #brought

I get a lot of return business. I think it's all those years I put in traveling around the country; people saw me before and had a good time so they want to see me again. ↗

— Rita Rudner

#around #before #business #country #get

The logic was, there weren't too many female comedians, so I thought I might as well try a field that had fewer competitors than the field I was in, which was acting, singing and dancing. ↗

— Rita Rudner

#comedians #competitors #dancing #female #fewer

Lord knows I had what you could call many fashion Don'ts in my day. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#could #day #fashion #had #i

Before I had children, everything about my life was devoted to Saturday Night Live. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#before #children #devoted #everything #had

The triumph can't be had without the struggle. ↗

— Wilma Rudolph

#struggle #triumph #without

I came from somewhat of a musical family. I had an uncle on Broadway. My dad kind of knows how to play instruments. Although, I always find it annoying when he does play an instrument. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#always #annoying #broadway #came #dad

I feel like the rap metal at the end of the 1990s destroyed rock music for everybody and suddenly everybody felt like they had to apologise for being in rock bands. People suddenly felt bad about wanting to reach massive audiences and the sense of theatre, that we have in our live show, became something to avoid. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#apologise #audiences #avoid #bad #bands

And my mother caught wind of this. She never had really tried to guide my career or really had any say in my life as an adult, but this was the one time she said she would never speak to me again if I quit acting. ↗

— Mark Ruffalo

#adult #again #any #career #caught