#port

Every day we’re given opportunities, some of us see them and some are too busy to notice. ↗

— Rachael Bermingham

#inspirational-quotes #motivational-quotes #opportunity #business

Sometimes your world falls apart. And it’s okay for you to let people in and let them see you crumble ↗

— Jaci Burton

#change

Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps. ↗

— Tiger Woods

#basketball #black #dressed #golf #hockey

One of the supreme paradoxes of baseball, and all sports, is that the harder you try to throw a pitch or hit a ball or accomplish something, the smaller your chances are for success. You get the best results not when you apply superhuman effort but when you let the game flow organically and allow yourself to be fully present. You'll often hear scouts say of a great prospect, "The game comes slow to him." It mean the prospect is skilled and poised enough to let the game unfold in its own time, paying no attention to the angst or urgency or doubt, funnelling all awareness to the athletic task at hand. ↗

— R.A. Dickey

#inspiration #sports #inspirational

Think of yourself as an athlete. I guarantee you it will change the way you walk, the way you work, and the decisions you make about leadership, teamwork, and success. ↗

— Mariah Burton Nelson

#empowerment-of-women #sports #women #change

I'm not doing it for media attention, not doing it for sponsors, not for money. ↗

— Nastia Liukin

#gymnastics #sports #money

Someone who doesn't make the (Olympic) team might weep and collapse. In my day no one fell on the track and cried like a baby. We lost gracefully. And when someone won, he didn't act like he'd just become king of the world, either. Athletes in my day were simply humble in our victory. I believe we were more mature then...Maybe it's because the media puts so much pressure on athletes; maybe it's also the money. In my day we competed for the love of the sport...In my day we patted the guy who beat us on the back, wished him well, and that was it. ↗

— Louis Zamperini

#sports #sportsmanship #track #love

Countless generations have set out convinced that they would succeed where other had failed – that's where lawyers and reporters come from, you know. They're the cynical corpses of idealistic young people who thought the system could be reformed. ↗

— CrimethInc.

#journalism #lawyers #reporters #love

Peter was now standing very close - as if he wanted to comfort me - as if he knew how hurt I felt that Mrs Knowles had not asked me to play or to sing. And I did feel comforted. It was as if a tide of warmth was carrying me out of myself, inclining me to trust him and to conduct myself well. ↗

— Jennifer Paynter

#jennifer-paynter #love #loyalty #mary-bennet #peter-bushell

It's not who, it's when ↗

— Alejandro Taubas

#flirting #love #opportunity #love