#r

I thought it might be a fine time to say the Three Little Words. And I steeled myself to say them as I stared up at that starriest night, convinced myself that she felt it, too, that her hand so alive and vivid against my leg was more than playful, and fuck Lara and fuck Jake because I do, Alaska Young, I do love you and what else matters but that and my lips parted to speak and before I could even begin to breathe out the words, she said, “It’s not life or death, the labyrinth. ↗

— John Green

#death

For me, at the French Open, if I wasn't playing my match I was glued to CNN watching the events unfold. ↗

— Michael Chang

#events #french #french open #glued #i

For me, I think the Lord wanted me to win to put a smile on Chinese people's faces. ↗

— Michael Chang

#faces #i #i think #lord #me

I just feel like it would be so against my personality to have this struggle in tennis and just give up. I know it's not me, not who I am, and that would probably affect other parts of my life. ↗

— Michael Chang

#against #am #feel #give #i

I look at tennis as a bit of a platform to hopefully touch lives and encourage people. ↗

— Michael Chang

#encourage #hopefully #i #lives #look

It makes no sense to compare yourself with others because there will always be better & worse people than you out there. Each person has his own path to make. You are where you are now. Could you reach for the stars & have everything you want? realistically no. You may not win Olympic Gold in London 2012 , or be the CEO of a Fortune 500 company etc but you most definitely have the capacity to make YOUR life as the Masterpiece it could really be. The choice is yours... ↗

— Pablo

#inspirational

I still have a belief and a faith that some great things are still going to happen in my career. If I didn't believe that, it makes no sense for me to be out there, and on top of that, I know this is a period of time that God wants me to persevere through. ↗

— Michael Chang

#believe #career #faith #god #going

I think the French Open, in many ways, brought out a certain characteristic in me and in my game that was already there. Just the circumstances allowed for it to be able to show. ↗

— Michael Chang

#allowed #already #brought #certain #characteristic

I was always really strict on myself about doing everything possible to prepare for competition. ↗

— Michael Chang

#always #competition #doing #everything #i

It has been a difficult road this year, but still I look at every day as a new opportunity. ↗

— Michael Chang

#day #difficult #every #every day #i