#sk

Basketball made me happy to be tall. And more secure about myself than I ever would have been without it. ↗

— Matt Emmons

#basketball #been #ever #happy #i

If you've spent a long time developing a skill and techniques, and now some 14 year-old upstart can get exactly the same result, you might feel a bit miffed I suppose, but that has happened forever. ↗

— Brian Eno

#developing #exactly #feel #forever #get

One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#ask #france #happiness #life #love

I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence. ↗

— Julius Erving

#basketball #before #being #ever #good

I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet. ↗

— Julius Erving

#both #eyes #hasn #i #keep

There is no doubt that directing television has helped hone my directing skills. What television teaches you is to be efficient and to think on your feet. You have to adhere to strict deadlines and budget constraints. ↗

— Emilio Estevez

#budget #constraints #deadlines #directing #doubt

I asked Dalai Lama the most important question that I think you could ask - if he had ever seen Caddyshack. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

#asked #could #dalai #dalai lama #ever

I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks. ↗

— Renee Fleming

#artists #been #courage #curiosity #i

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#add #carry #clouds #color #come

Being an actor means asking people to look at you. I guess I accept that. But it's a profession in which the job is to show another world and other people. You may access it through bits of yourself, and your imagination and experience, but actually, in the end, you're not playing yourself. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

#access #actor #actually #another #asking