Tony McCoy Quotes

Most days, I have a slice of toast, then lie in a hot bath for an hour to get up a sweat. I have a sauna at the racecourse and then go and ride. On the way home, I might stop at a service station and have a bar of chocolate and a Diet Coke. And that's it, basically.

Tony McCoy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: May 4, 1974

Topics

HomeServiceRideLieChocolateGo

A part of me was like, 'Man, do I even like doing this anymore?' That whole thing of 'I'm in my 30s, and I sing and write songs while people are fighting wars in Iraq.' You know? So everything had to have more meaning, and it couldn't just be about making money. So, I took a minute.

Maxwell

MoneyManPeopleMeMaking Money

At the time, 'Oxygene' was considered a totally 'far out' concept... What was 'in' at the time was disco, hard-rock, and the early days of punk... and moreover, 'Oxygene' was instrumental. And I was French!

Jean-Michel Jarre

TimeEarlyDiscoPunkOutDays

People think that everyone wears black in France; in fact they all wear grey.

Jean Paul Gaultier

PeopleBlackThinkGreyEveryone

Oh, if I could put some of my reckless spirit into these discreet cautious lazy men!

Mary Boykin Chesnut

MenLazySpiritRecklessIf I Could

Well, I didn't really admit that I anywhere until my daughter started school and I knew I couldn't pull up and leave when I felt like it.

Diane Lane

DaughterSchoolAdmitLeaveUpWell

I am just enjoying playing. There is nothing to be scared of.

Dele Alli

I AmNothingScaredPlayingJustAm

I sort of like writing about weird characters, I guess.

Donald Ray Pollock

WritingWeirdLikeGuessAboutSort

Our healthcare system has seen some of the greatest achievements of the human intellect since we started recording history: We're developing incredible devices and implantables to improve the quantity and quality of people's lives.

Dean Kamen

HistoryQualityPeopleHealthcare

I'm not going to get somewhere and say, 'OK, I'm done.' Success is never final; I'll just keep on going. The same way as failure never being fatal. Just keep going. I'm going to the stars and then past them.

Conor McGregor

SuccessFailureStarsKeep GoingSay

Don't marry someone you would not be friends with if there was no sex between you.

William Glasser

FriendsSomeoneYouSexWouldMarry

Conducting is more difficult than playing a single instrument. You have to know the culture, to know the score, and to project what you want to hear. Some conductors are well prepared but cannot transmit their ideas to an orchestra, and others are good communicators but have nothing to transmit because they are not absorbed enough in the score.

Pierre Boulez

GoodCultureIdeasEnoughYouKnow

I think a lot of creative people are uncomfortable with therapy. Because you're basically trying to 'solve' the unconscious. And the unconscious is where it all comes from.

Sydney Pollack

CreativePeopleThinkUncomfortable

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