#inn

But more important than personal awards is winning the World Series. That's the max that anyone could ask for. Let alone to have the ball in your in your glove for the final out of the World Series. That was the ultimate. ↗

— Dennis Eckersley

#anyone #ask #awards #ball #could

In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#countries #ethic #good #latin #mythology

You know, I want to help my country. Definitely I can help them, simply by winning races. Sure, they can follow my path to a good career. But for me it is not enough. I want to be more than that. In everything I want to be a role model. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#country #definitely #enough #everything #follow

I'd won the Australian Open twice, but winning Wimbledon takes something special. ↗

— Stefan Edberg

#i #open #something #special #takes

If I'm going to be out there, I want to be in the top 10 and really have a chance of winning a Grand Slam. ↗

— Stefan Edberg

#going #grand #grand slam #i #out

At a tiny station in New Albany, Indiana, which is right across from the river from Louisville, Kentucky, where I grew up. The Louisville stations were loath to hire beginners, so I had to go across the river. ↗

— Bob Edwards

#albany #beginners #go #grew #had

I hadn't given much thought to the prospect of a Hugo nomination at the time it happened, but obviously once you're nominated, winning one seems a bit less far-fetched than before. ↗

— Greg Egan

#bit #far-fetched #given #hadn #happened

The study of history is the beginning of political wisdom. ↗

— Jean Bodin

#history #political #study #wisdom

Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occurred at my family's dinner table. ↗

— Bob Ehrlich

#conversations #dinner #dinner table #ever #had

My dad and my uncles owned a bar outside of Cincinnati. I worked there growing up, mopping floors, waiting tables. ↗

— John Boehner

#cincinnati #dad #floors #growing #growing up