Allyson Felix Quotes

I always look back to my first Olympic medal in 2004 in Athens. I was very new to the sport, and it was my first big win at the Olympics.

Allyson Felix

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 18, 1985

Topics

WinLookBackNewFirstAlways

I've been listening to jazzmen, especially saxophonists, since the time of the early Count Basie records, which featured Lester Young. Pres was my first real influence, but the first horn I got was an alto, not a tenor.

John Coltrane

TimeListeningInfluenceEarlyYoung

When I need to get away from my desk, I tend to take walks or go places. I also like to bead - working with beads to make jewellery.

Ann Leckie

DeskGoPlacesNeedTakeWorking

Our approach to making games is to find the fun first and then use the technology to enhance the fun.

Sid Meier

TechnologyFunFindGamesFirstOur

Dee Dee Ramone was the one who would go to Rockaway Beach, and he wrote that great song about it. He was the beach boy; he loved getting a tan and stuff, and he would ride the bus down Woodhaven Boulevard to Rockaway.

Tommy Ramone

GreatBeachRideSongLovedDown

I didn't go to university. I didn't go to culinary school, barely made it through high school.

Tom Douglas

SchoolHigh SchoolGoThroughHigh

The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or something.

Rita Dove

PoetryCloudsMeFeelSomething

I do have faith. I don't have faith that a God exists, nor do I have faith that one does not; I have absolute faith that I do not know, cannot know, am only human, am an infinitesimal creature packed onto a cramped planet crowded with seven billion bodies, and as many yearning hearts, and as many questioning minds.

Marya Hornbacher

GodFaithKnowMindsHumanPlanet

If you're asking me to compare myself to other people, I don't really know what other people are like.

Jules Shear

MyselfPeopleMeYouKnowAsking

Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.

Jawaharlal Nehru

WorkGreatFruitLoyalMayEven

The best religion is the most tolerant.

Delphine de Girardin

BestReligionMostTolerant

It's important to me to say what I really mean.

Christopher Reeve

MeImportantSayMeanReally

I was always looking ahead. I used to do all kinds of things for entertainment. When I was young, we had no radio, no TV. We were 30 miles from the public library, out in the sticks in Western Kansas, and so I'd do arithmetic exercises.

Clyde Tombaugh

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