#nfl

In the NFL, you have a short shelf life. As a running back, if you're the first pick, and you're NFL life expectancy is only 3.5-6 years, your first big contract might not come until three years in - well, you might never get there. They need to get those signing bonuses up front because nothing is guaranteed. ↗

— Eric Dickerson

#because #big #come #contract #expectancy

Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline. ↗

— Tony Blair

#conflict #dominate #headline #manage #number

The threat today is not that of the 1930s. It's not big powers going to war with each other. The ravages which fundamentalist political ideology inflicted on the 20th century are memories. The Cold war is over. Europe is at peace, if not always diplomatically. ↗

— Tony Blair

#always #big #century #cold #cold war

Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood. ↗

— Walt Disney

#adulthood #entertainment #ideals #influence #lives

The United States has been from the beginning greatly influenced and primarily influenced by the Judeo-Christian system of values. ↗

— James Dobson

#beginning #greatly #influenced #judeo-christian #primarily

To me, the Seventies were very inspirational and very influential... With my whole persona as Snoop Dogg, as a person, as a rapper. I just love the Seventies style, the way all the players dressed nice, you know, kept their hair looking good, drove sharp cars and they talked real slick. ↗

— Snoop Dogg

#dressed #drove #good #hair #i

You always want to see the NFL try to protect the players. ↗

— Tony Dorsett

#nfl #players #protect #see #try

People are composed of many things, and in my work, what influences me is the complexity of people - the chiaroscuro of dark and light. When I play a strong guy, I try to find, where is he weak? And, conversely, when I play a weak guy, where is he strong? ↗

— Kirk Douglas

#composed #conversely #dark #find #guy

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. ↗

— Ken Blanchard

#influence #key #leadership #successful #today

I'm formally trained, I don't know what classically trained really means. I've worked with Sanford Meisner. And I've worked at Circle Rep with Marshall W. Mason and Lanford Wilson and some really good people. I was lucky. I had a lot of really good influences. ↗

— Brad Dourif

#classically #formally #good #good people #had