#profession

At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#ceo #company #day #end #end of the day

There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#between #childhood #correlation #professional #professional athlete

Even Rod Woodson will tell you his best year he had as a professional was when he was 36 years old. If you think about why, you're much wiser. ↗

— Ray Lewis

#best #even #had #his #much

My castings sort of go in phases. There'll be several icy professional parts - a lawyer or a cop. And then there'll be the intelligent-but-wounded group and then the period things. It goes in sequence. ↗

— Laura Linney

#go #goes #group #icy #lawyer

We're all animals. ↗

— John Malkovich

I wanted to be a shoe designer, but I never thought it could be a profession. But what was the alternative? Doctor? Too dirty! Air-hostess? Maybe not! Then someone gave me a book on Roger Vivier, and, cheri, instantly I knew that was it! ↗

— Christian Louboutin

#book #could #designer #dirty #doctor

The practice of patience toward one another, the overlooking of one another's defects, and the bearing of one another's burdens is the most elementary condition of all human and social activity in the family, in the professions, and in society. ↗

— Lawrence G. Lovasik

#activity #another #bearing #burdens #condition

What is new in all of this is that the old poles of attraction represented by nation-states, parties, professions, institutions, and historical traditions are losing their attraction. ↗

— Jean-Francois Lyotard

#historical #institutions #losing #new #old

We are not yet at the point where our size, our being the drama industry, is sufficient to support full time professional crews, and that is very very important. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#crews #drama #full #important #industry

Today's Little Leaguers, and there are millions of them each year, pick up how to hit and throw and field just by watching games on TV. By the time they're out of high school, the good ones are almost ready to play professional ball. ↗

— Mickey Mantle

#ball #by the time #each #field #games