#importance

As a player, I was fortunate to work with coaching and medical staffs that underscored the importance of utilizing injury prevention exercises, which contributed to my healthy and long playing career. ↗

— Cobi Jones

#coaching #contributed #exercises #fortunate #healthy

I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#because #believe #could #country #day

As creatures with a body, we should all be especially concerned about the quality of air, water and food we allow into our bodily vehicle. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#creatures #importance-of-existence #food

One other fact is significant: the domestic feasts and sacrifices of single families, which in David's time must still have been general, gradually declined and lost their importance as social circles widened and life became more public. ↗

— Julius Wellhausen

#been #circles #david #declined #domestic

I was in Sarasota, Florida, on a spring-break trip with my friends Bruce and Karen Moore. Bruce and I were waiting on the beach for the rest of our crew when and a man and his grown kids came strolling up the sand. They looked at me for a minute, sort of hesitating, and then asked, "Would you mind taking a picture?" "Sure," I said, and quickly arranged all of us in a line, putting myself in the middle and motioning to Bruce to come snap the photo. Right about that time, the father said, "Actually, we were wondering if you could take a picture just of us." An understandable mistake on my part, but really embarrassing. Bruce has had a field day reminding me of that one ever since. Lesson learned: Never assume anything about your own importance. It's a great big world, and all of us are busy living our lives. None of us knows all the time and effort that another person puts into his or her passion. ↗

— Amy Grant

#business

That chain of relationships made me think of how connections are made--you read a book, you meet a person, you have a single experience, and your life is changed in some way. No act, therefore, however small, should be dismissed or ignored. ↗

— Howard Zinn

#importance-of-interconnectedness #relationships #change

Celebrity gives us delusion of self importance. ↗

— Al Goldstein

#celebrity #delusion #gives #importance #self

All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to read, to revisit old favorites and experiment with names new to me, I would be starved - probably too starved to go on writing myself. ↗

— Penelope Lively

#certain #experiment #favorites #go #i

I am committed to ensure that our 2008 Republican presidential candidates forthrightly address issues of importance to the African-American community. ↗

— Ken Mehlman

#african-american #african-american community #am #candidates #committed

What we have ignored is what citizens can do and the importance of real involvement of the people versus just having somebody in Washington make a rule. ↗

— Elinor Ostrom

#having #ignored #importance #involvement #just