#ports

Steve [sports psychiatrist] had already taught me to try and stop worrying so much about pleasing everyone. We knew that this was one of my most draining flaws and he again used three groups to clarify my thinking. There would always be some people, Steve said, who would care about me and love me. In contrast there would also be a select group of people who would never warm to me - no matter what I did. And in the middle came the overwhelming mass who were largely indifferent to any of my failures or triumphs. I needed to understand that most people didn't really care what I did or said. All my anguish about how they might perceive me was redundant. Steve helped me realize that I spent too much time trying to please those oblivious people in the middle or, more problematically, the small group who would never change their critical opinion of me. I should concentrate on the people who really did show concern for me. ↗

— Victoria Pendleton

#mental-health #psychiatry #psychology #sports #change

Even if I did have, you know, a 'Sports Illustrated' body, I'd still wear elegant clothes. ↗

— Adele

#clothes #did #elegant #even #i

I think the people will- who advocate having a step back and read those public opinion polls on the front page of the newspapers all over this country saying public supports restoration in restoration of the Everglades, protection of the parks and the creation of monuments. ↗

— Bruce Babbitt

#back #country #creation #everglades #front

My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging. ↗

— Hank Aaron

#always #badly #feeling #field #having

I find interesting characters or lessons that resonate with people and sometimes I write about them in the sports pages, sometimes I write them in a column, sometimes in a novel, sometimes a play or sometimes in nonfiction. But at the core I always say to myself, 'Is there a story here? Is this something people want to read?' ↗

— Mitch Albom

#always #characters #column #core #find

People forget that a huge proportion of our jobs still depend on agricultural production in Australia so of course there are exports. That's easily overlooked. ↗

— John Anderson

#australia #course #depend #easily #exports

The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#athletes #beings #believe #complete #even

Kids can have great passion and great ability but if you have the facilities for your particular sport that can give you the inspiration to become a sportsman. ↗

— David Beckham

#become #facilities #give #great #inspiration

U.S. corn exports to CAFTA countries will benefit from reduced tariffs and duty-free access for corn products. ↗

— John Shimkus

#benefit #cafta #corn #countries #exports

Bruiser stared in the mirror hanging in his locker and ran a comb through his blond hair, wishing he had dark hair like Harris, or a mean look like Zach, or even a guy-next-door like Derek. Hell no, he looked like a f***ing movie star and he f***ing hated it. –-Backfield in Motion ↗

— Jami Davenport

#football-romance #jami-davenport #romance #seattle-lumberjacks #sports-romance