#win

We always spend more time on the throwing events and a little bit more on the long jump. They're my weaker events - they don't come as naturally to me as running and jumping. I like the hurdles and the high-jump, I'm a springy, speedy athlete so those suit me. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#athlete #bit #come #events #hurdles

People think the gold medal is yours and they say you're going to win - but they have no idea how hard it is. People aren't doing it negatively - they're mostly lovely and they really do want you to win - but they don't understand the difficulty and intensity of competition. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#difficulty #doing #going #gold #gold medal

I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy. ↗

— Brian Eno

#coming #conflict #countries #czech #czech republic

My kind of composing is more like the work of a gardener. The gardener takes his seeds and scatters them, knowing what he is planting but not quite what will grow where and when - and he won't necessarily be able to reproduce it again afterwards either. ↗

— Brian Eno

#afterwards #again #composing #either #gardener

The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical. ↗

— Julius Erving

#emotional #growing #keep #key #key to success

My role models in the business were the older guys on my team when I first got there: Gray Scott, Adrian Smith, Roland Taylor. These were the guys who took me under their wing, and really schooled me in terms of what the business was about. ↗

— Julius Erving

#adrian #business #first #got #gray

When I play, I very quickly put myself into a light hypnotic trance and compose while playing, drawing directly from the emotions. ↗

— John Fahey

#directly #drawing #emotions #hypnotic #i

When Donald Duck traded his wings for arms, was he trading up or trading down? ↗

— Doug Coupland

#donald #donald duck #down #duck #his

Discovering While Doing Is Natural... But,Doing Immediately After Discovering Is The Attitude of Winners! ↗

— Sujit Lalwani

#dreams #goals #life #success #winners

Life is a little like a message in a bottle, to be carried by the winds and the tides. ↗

— Gene Tierney

#carried #life #life is a #like #little