#old

The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long. ↗

— A. J. P. Taylor

#age #fear #go #greatest #greatest problem

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#great #how #ills #incessant #old

I tell you, it was kind of two-fold. I fortunately had a lot of support. My coach was amazing - he told me to focus on being prepared and that is what I did. Every athlete is nervous - any athlete who tells you they're not nervous isn't telling you the truth. I was as prepared as I could be. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#any #athlete #being #being prepared #coach

When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#different #events #few #four #go

One of the great privileges of having grown up in a middle-class literary English household, but having gone to school in the front lines in Southeast London, was that I became half-street-urchin and half-good-boy at home. I knew that dichotomy was possible. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#dichotomy #english #front #gone #great

I don't tap dance, and I don't think you can learn to tap dance in three weeks at my ripe old age. ↗

— Huey Lewis

#dance #i #learn #old #old age

Our first record, 'Huey Lewis And The News', was seen by no one - it sold 25 copies. ↗

— Huey Lewis

#first #huey #lewis #news #our

A lot of people resent that I've been in someone's life for 50 years. Why shouldn't people have an affection for me and what I've done? Didn't I have to be genuine for them to buy into what I did? There are children who grow up today who will not have that when they're 55 years old. With whom will they have it? Name an example for me. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#been #buy #children #did #done

If you're an old pro, you know how well you're doing when you're doing it, and your inner government spanks you if you're not doing well. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#government #how #inner #know #old

I told my doctor I get very tired when I go on a diet, so he gave me pep pills. Know what happened? I ate faster. ↗

— Joe E. Lewis

#ate #doctor #faster #gave #get