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After the '96 Olympics, we all started believing that this is bigger than we thought, and we were willing to do the work. We knew that it was up to us, the players, to make soccer successful. ↗

— Brandi Chastain

#believing #bigger #knew #make #olympics

I don't think it's good to say that you won't do certain things, but I don't necessarily have the natural urge to write. ↗

— Alia Shawkat

#certain things #good #i #natural #necessarily

The first thing that happens is that you're overwhelmed by so much attention. It's just so unnatural. Only people who've been in that position can realize what it's like. I mean, you have to be there. ↗

— Chevy Chase

#been #first #first thing #happens #i

They can't make any of these talented young actors Fletch. You might as well make a movie called Chevy Chase. ↗

— Chevy Chase

#called #chase #chevy #chevy chase #make

I never refused my help to any person black or white; and I liked the office nonetheless because there were neither fees nor salary connected with it. ↗

— Salmon P. Chase

#because #black #black or white #connected #fees

Teach him to live rather than to avoid death: life is not breath, but action, the use of our senses, our mind, our faculties, every part of ourselves which makes us conscious of our being. Life consists less in length of days than in the keen sense of living. A man maybe buried at a hundred and may never have lived at all. He would have fared better had he died young. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#emile #death

For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible. ↗

— Stuart Chase

#necessary #possible #proof #those #who

And then ultimately what I tell the kids is: coaches can give you information, they can give you guidelines, and they can put you in a position. But the only person who can truly make you better is you. ↗

— Brandi Chastain

#coaches #give #guidelines #i #information

If Stuart is a freak... it is because he has had the superhuman strength not to be defeated by this isolation. It is because he has had the almost unbelievable social adroitness to be able to fit in smoothly with an educated, soft-skinned person like myself and not make me frightened half to death. If Stuart's a freak, I salute freaks. ↗

— Alexander Masters

#friendship #homeless #strength #stuart-shorter #death

Number one, it was a chance to thank my parents, because they passed away a couple of years ago. They gave me so much by giving me the opportunity to play soccer, and I wanted to share the story we had together. ↗

— Brandi Chastain

#away #because #chance #couple #gave