#port

If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#confrontations #direct #experienced #fight #hand

I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that? ↗

— Omar Epps

#because #believe #door #going #i

Boxing, for me, it's the beginning of all sports. I'm willing to bet that the first sport was a man against another man in a fight, so I think that's something innate in all of us. ↗

— Omar Epps

#another #another man #beginning #bet #boxing

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. ↗

— Gloria Estefan

#opportunity #sad #sad truth #truth #truth is

Having felt people's love and support first hand through difficult moments in my life makes me feel it's our responsibility to help one another. ↗

— Gloria Estefan

#difficult #feel #felt #first #hand

This year my role is clear: I am a coach, a coach to sportsmen. ↗

— Anatoli Boukreev

#clear #coach #i #i am #role

I want this book to be facts, to be important, to be history. ↗

— Anatoli Boukreev

#facts #history #i #important #want

The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#first #importance #must #out #proportion

The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important. ↗

— Brian Eno

#constructed #empirically #i #important #lyrics

Praying can make a difference, and it is up to all of us to try that, with faith, and see if it will not support these admirable troops, their spouses, and their families. ↗

— Michael Enzi

#difference #faith #families #make #make a difference