#league

I used to go to my kids' soccer games and I was the only parent who wasn't screaming, because I'd have to do a show that night. It was hard. Moms and dads get more emotional at those soccer and Little League games than at a professional game. ↗

— Neil Diamond

#dads #emotional #game #games #get

The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future? ↗

— Jules Verne

#after #circle #distance #earth #future

Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league. It doesn't do this out of compassion or guilt. It's done for mutual survival. They understand that a league can only be as strong as its weakest team. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#affirmative #affirmative action #awards #choices #compassion

All the government decisions remain and won't be altered until I get in the role and have had a chance to discuss them with my colleagues. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

#chance #colleagues #decisions #discuss #get

It's funny, 'cause it seems like just yesterday that I was the youngest player just starting out. But now there are young players all over the league, and they'll ask me questions about playing overseas or finding an agent. ↗

— Sue Wicks

#agent #ask #cause #finding #funny

It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema. ↗

— Conrad Hall

#cinema #colleagues #grasp #history #i

I perform in the major leagues of what I do. It's incredible. ↗

— Darrell Hammond

#i do #incredible #leagues #major #major leagues

I can only point out a curious fact. Year after year the Nobel Awards bring a moment of happiness not only to the recipients, not only to colleagues and friends of the recipients, but even to strangers. ↗

— Alfred Day Hershey

#awards #bring #colleagues #curious #even

In the past, two colleagues died each season. It was generally accepted this could happen. ↗

— Jacky Ickx

#colleagues #could #died #each #generally

I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league. ↗

— Mark Viduka

#every #game #i #league #long