#ld

If he could sleep on it. He would make his bed with white sheets And disappear into the white, Like a man diving, If he could be certain That the light Would not keep him awake, The light that reaches To the bottom. ↗

— Donald Justice

#bed #bottom #certain #could #disappear

Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit, fit for life. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#athlete #before #being #both #combination

As you grow older and young people come up to you with their history books, you realize that some of the things I have been able to do have been impactful. But for me, I try to keep everything in perspective and stay humble. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#been #books #come #everything #grow

Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#ask #asking #athlete #body #different

Competing in both track and field and basketball for the Bruins I have a lot of great memories to choose from. But my all-time favorite moment in collegiate sports has to be in 1982 when we won UCLA's first NCAA title in track. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#basketball #both #choose #competing #favorite

I always have been trying to work on the other side of Jackie, and that is, making sure that my appearance, that my image, is right; also, working in the job world, knowing how it is to wake up and go to a job. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#always #appearance #been #go #how

I don't think there is a perfect athlete. But if I had to come close to picking someone who demonstrates all the traits that I feel an athlete should have, I would say the perfect athlete would be Tiger Woods. He has the ability, he's humble and he's very good at what he does. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#athlete #close #come #demonstrates #does

I'm obsessed with shopping. I'll get these urges to buy, like to shop for stuff on the Internet. I search for all kinds of weird gizmos I could get. ↗

— Tom Felton

#could #get #gizmos #i #internet

I love track and field, but I also know the day will come when I will have to do something else. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#come #day #else #field #i

I might attempt Zumba. I haven't yet, but I thought it would be a lot of fun and different. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#different #fun #haven #i #lot