Bobby Knight Quotes

My dad was a very quiet person, and unbelievably tough. But my grandmother gave me my first look at negative thinking to bring about positive results. When I was just a little guy, anytime I came to my grandmother and said I wish for this or that, Grandma would say, 'If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.'

Bobby Knight

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: coach
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 25, 1940

Topics

PositiveRideMeNegativeThinking

Not having a father is big. You need guidance. I know, personally, when my father died, I needed guidance; I needed somebody to show me how to be a man, how to grow up, basically how to do the right thing.

Stefon Diggs

FatherManDo The Right ThingMeYou

I still live in Sweden. That's my base. When I'm not working, I'm there.

Stellan Skarsgard

LiveWorkingStillSwedenBase

I did a production of 'Journey's End,' an RC Sherriff play about World War I, at the Edinburgh Festival. I was 18 and it was the first time that people I knew and loved and respected came up to me after the show and said, 'You know, you could really do this if you wanted to.'

Tom Hiddleston

JourneyTimeWarPeopleMeWorld

I know that I pay 48 percent of my income to taxes. You know, I wouldn't mind so much if it wasn't going just to export war. If it was actually going to help the people of the United States, I would gladly pay more.

Roseanne Barr

WarPeopleMindHelpYouKnow

It's sad when a woman writing fantasy in the United States in the 1970s has less actual feminist cred than Sir Walter Scott.

Judith Tarr

SadWomanWritingFantasyUnited

I'd rather spend my leisure time doing what some people call my work and I call my fun.

Jared Diamond

WorkTimeFunPeopleDoingLeisure

I was probably 14 or 15 when I was first on stage at school doing 'Measure for Measure.' I immediately felt it was a great way of expressing oneself at a moment when I didn't think I could express myself, really. I suddenly had access to this range of emotions and thoughts and feelings that were there in me. I was surprised by that.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

GreatMyselfMomentSchoolThoughts

Mormons aren't gonna buy my album but, you know, what are you gonna do?

Christina Aguilera

YouKnowBuyAlbumGonnaMormons

The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge.

Arnold Palmer

ChallengeYourselfReachYouInside

When you're scared, when you're hanging on, when life is hurting you, then you're going to see what you're really made of.

Sylvester Stallone

LifeYouSeeScaredHangingGoing

Every teacher that I've ever had, that I still remember their name, made me laugh. I feel like comedy is the best instrument to teach.

Tiffany Haddish

TeacherBestMeNameLaughComedy

The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity.

Thomas Carlyle

LifeHeartManFreeThoughtVanity

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