#rain

Mixed martial arts was invented by Brazilians, whose families had been trained by the Japanese. Those Brazilians came to the U.S., where their invention was bought out, gussied up and presented to the world, which found it good. ↗

— David Mamet

#been #bought #brazilians #came #families

I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#abroad #art #art of war #course #fight

I have always adhered to two principles. The first one is to train hard and get in the best possible physical condition. The second is to forget all about the other fellow until you face him in the ring and the bell sounds for the fight. ↗

— Rocky Marciano

#adhered #always #bell #best #condition

I woke to the sound of rain. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#rain #simple #subtle #beauty

I eat everything, that's a problem. I don't have discipline. My favorite dish is the Caribbean. Meat, rice, lots of grains. But I do like to do exercises. Lately, I've been having capoeira classes and lots of cardiovascular exercises, such as jogging and cycling. ↗

— Ricky Martin

#cardiovascular #caribbean #classes #cycling #discipline

But I'm here. I will love him. I will be his mother. ↗

— Kim De Blecourt

#ginger-kolbaba #international-adoption #kim-de-blecourt #orphans #ukraine

In nonfiction, you have that limitation, that constraint, of telling the truth. ↗

— Peter Matthiessen

#limitation #nonfiction #telling #telling the truth #truth

Everything that we inherit, the rain, the skies, the speech, and anybody who works in the English language in Ireland knows that there's the dead ghost of Gaelic in the language we use and listen to and that those things will reflect our Irish identity. ↗

— John McGahern

#dead #english #english language #everything #gaelic

Boxing is changing and training methods are slowly being dragged into the 21st century. ↗

— Barry McGuigan

#being #boxing #century #changing #dragged

Actually I've never had formal training, I was lucky enough to continue working most of my career and aside from sitting in on a couple of classes, here and there, I basically just use my own instincts. ↗

— Nancy McKeon

#aside #basically #career #classes #continue