Tony McCoy Quotes

From a public perspective, the Grand National is the biggest race of all, and not to have won it yet is definitely a failure. But there's been a lot of jockeys every bit as good and better than me that haven't won it - John Francome, Peter Scudamore, Jonjo O'Neill, Charlie Swan, to name a few.

Tony McCoy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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In New York, especially, so much of your life is spent on the streets. You don't always want to be driving around in an SUV with a security guard. You want to be able to walk to a restaurant; you want to go and do things.

Megan Fox

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The longer and longer I played in the NFL, I kind of said, 'Well, I'm not going to go out and get a 9 to 5 job at any point soon, so what can I do?' So I started hosting radio and TV shows while I was still playing.

Matt Willig

JobGoSaidKindRadioOut

Sometimes it's forgotten that players are coming to college to get a degree.

Steve Alford

CollegeSometimesDegreeComingGet

I like characters who have blind spots and are full of themselves, but there also needs to be vulnerability.

Stephan Pastis

BlindVulnerabilityWhoLikeNeeds

I think that politics could be a positive thing. My beef is that people focus on the personal aspect of a politician too much. They should focus on the results.

LL Cool J

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Canadians have much to be proud of and much to teach the world about compassion.

Denise Dresser

CompassionWorldProudTeachMuch

I feel that it's the music, not anything else, that matters.

Brandon Cruz

MusicFeelMattersAnythingI Feel

I was a runner, a failed quarterback, third-string quarterback, but in track I was a 2-miler.

Bob Seger

QuarterbackTrackFailedRunner

I don't have many friends; I'm very much a loner. As a child I was very isolated, and I've never been really close to anyone.

Anthony Hopkins

ChildFriendsNeverLonerBeenMuch

A Socrates in every classroom.

Alfred Whitney Griswold

ClassroomEverySocrates

My first published novel, 'American Rust,' took three and a half years of full-time work to write. But I wrote two apprentice novels before that.

Philipp Meyer

WorkAmericanThreeFirstRustTwo

My sweetest hope is to lose hope.

Pierre Corneille

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