#told

I remember when I went to try out for the Olympic team in 1972, Coach Iba told me he didn't care how many points I could score because if I couldn't guard anybody, I wasn't going to make the team. I knew to make the team I had to become a better defender. If you can play offense, you can defend. It just comes down to competitive will. ↗

— Doug Collins

#because #become #better #care #coach

I don't like drum solos, to be honest with you, but if anybody ever told me he didn't like Buddy Rich I'd right away say go and see him, at least the once. ↗

— Charlie Watts

#away #buddy #buddy rich #drum #ever

My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S. ↗

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

#constantly #degree #growing #growing up #important

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear. ↗

— Alan Coren

#choosing #consists #democracy #dictators #hear

With faith and courage, generations of Armenians have overcome great suffering and proudly preserved their culture, traditions, and religion and have told the story of the genocide to an often indifferent world. ↗

— Jerry Costello

#courage #culture #different world #faith #generations

I told my dentist my teeth are going yellow. he told me to wear a brown tie. ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#dentist #going #i #me #teeth

My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you're ugly too. ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#i #me #okay #opinion #psychiatrist

I told my wife the truth. I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist. Then she told me the truth: that she was seeing a psychiatrist, two plumbers, and a bartender. ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#her #i #me #psychiatrist #seeing

I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet. ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#everyone #hasn #hates #i #me

When my father would yell at me, I told myself someday I'd use it in a book. ↗

— Paula Danziger

#father #i #me #myself #someday