#pushing

In the early 1930s, flying from England to Australia was the longest flight in the world. It was considered extremely dangerous and hazardous, pushing pilots to the limits of mechanical skills and human endurance. Aviation was young. ↗

— Mary Garden

#aviation #considered #dangerous #early #endurance

In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#beginning #championship #crazy #just #keep

You should never feel comfortable. There is something wrong if you are. You should always feel under threat, on the edge of your seat and pushing yourself. Win one and you want to win more. It's never-ending. ↗

— Damon Hill

#comfortable #edge #feel #more #never

If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity. The risk is to shorten a career that could have lasted 10 years because the athlete is burnt out. ↗

— Alberto Juantorena

#athletes #because #burnt #calendar #career

Historically, China is not a nation of sportsmen. We traditionally put more emphasis on being close to nature than pushing endlessly to excel. A philosophy that values tranquil contemplation of the landscape cannot easily be adapted to the Olympic slogan of 'higher, stronger, faster.' ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#being #cannot #china #close #contemplation

People keep pushing me to be the center of attention... I would prefer to be on the sidelines, because that's where you see more. ↗

— Gong Li

#because #center #i #keep #me

I'm a real 'go, go' person... I'd make myself crazy by pushing too hard. It's important to pull pack the reins a little bit and get in touch with what's inside. ↗

— Shelley Long

#crazy #get #go #hard #i

At the same time, Republicans are pushing a $70 billion tax package that will overwhelmingly benefit the most wealthy Americans and actually increases the deficit by $16 billion. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#benefit #billion #deficit #increases #most

When you're working on a creative thing, everyone has an idea, and they're pushing it. The first time you work with anybody, you have to get comfortable with the way another person pushes hard for what they want. ↗

— Edward Norton

#anybody #comfortable #creative #everyone #first

Good music comes out of people playing together, knowing what they want to do and going for it. You have to sweat over it and bug it to death. You can't do it by pushing buttons and watching a TV screen. ↗

— Keith Richards

#buttons #comes #death #going #good