#win

What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what's thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going. ↗

You can imagine me as a kid growing up in redneck Texas with ballet shoes, tucking the violin under my arm. I had to fight my way up. ↗

— Patrick Swayze

#ballet #fight #growing #growing up #had

If I leave this Earth, I want to leave this Earth just knowing I've tried to give something back and tried to do something worthwhile with myself. ↗

— Patrick Swayze

#earth #give #i #just #knowing

Back then, we could drive a mile from home and there was nothing. Now it's grown in every direction and is populated and modernized. I guess I have mixed feelings about it, but I'm not someone that thinks everything should stop growing. ↗

— Matthew Sweet

#back #could #direction #drive #every

The openness of rural Nebraska certainly influenced me. That openness, in a way, fosters the imagination. But growing up, Lincoln wasn't a small town. It was a college town. It had record stores and was a liberal place. ↗

— Matthew Sweet

#college #fosters #growing #growing up #had

Growing up in the business you have to grow up very fast - you do have a different type of childhood, that has its benefits and it has its drawbacks. ↗

— Jodi Sweetin

#business #childhood #different #drawbacks #fast

Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#learning #nothing #wind #words

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

#devastating #lot #misfortune #more #sudden

Everybody wants to win. ↗

— Sheryl Swoopes

#wants #win

Some people might say my coming out after just winning the MVP award is heroic, and I understand that. ↗