#ra

In the NFL, you have a short shelf life. As a running back, if you're the first pick, and you're NFL life expectancy is only 3.5-6 years, your first big contract might not come until three years in - well, you might never get there. They need to get those signing bonuses up front because nothing is guaranteed. ↗

— Eric Dickerson

#because #big #come #contract #expectancy

Running is so natural to me. When I was running track, people used to ask me, 'When are you gonna start running hard?' The wind hits me in the face, and I feel so smooth... Man, I love to run! ↗

— Eric Dickerson

#face #feel #gonna #hard #hits

In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD. ↗

— Tony Blair

#april #days #declaration #final #full

God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers. ↗

— Paul Erdos

#god #going #may #numbers #play

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death. ↗

— Omar N. Bradley

#capacity #death #even #half #perform

My brain is open. ↗

— Paul Erdos

#open

I never intended to become a professional pilot. But, as I became more curious about aircraft, and, well, not being John Travolta, I realized that the only way I was ever going to fly a jet is if I got a job. ↗

— Bruce Dickinson

#aircraft #became #become #being #curious

He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor that his frame was Dust. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#drank #dust #frame #grew #his

I spent two weeks prancing around a studio in Queens in my underwear with nine other guys. They were long days. But what the hell, it was Calvin Klein. ↗

— Michael Bergin

#calvin #calvin klein #days #guys #hell

Back in the day I was doing runway, editorial, advertising, spokesmodeling, and public appearances. Those are five different categories. ↗

— Janice Dickinson

#appearances #back #categories #day #different