Gerry Cooney Quotes

I had personal problems. I was spending 50% of my life on my family, 50% on boxing. Neither was getting anywhere. It was killing me. So I had to break away from fighting.

Gerry Cooney

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LifeFamilyMeProblemsFighting

Business needs to push the agenda rather than waiting for it to happen.

Jochen Zeitz

BusinessWaitingPushHappenRather

Most of us aren't defeated in one decisive battle. We are defeated one tiny, seemingly insignificant surrender at a time that chips away at who we should really be.

Jocko Willink

TimeBattleSurrenderDefeatedUs

It is so important to allow children to bloom and to be driven by their curiosity.

May-Britt Moser

ChildrenCuriosityImportantBloom

I remember from my father's funeral that the minister kept using a metaphor about life of a prism. And I took that away like a cherished image.

Anna Deavere Smith

LifeFatherRememberImagePrism

There are so many aspects of the game that you can work on - you can drive it father, you can drive it straighter, you can hit your irons higher and more consistently, you can get better with your wedges, and you can always putt better. There's never an end to that striving to get better in golf.

Matt Kuchar

WorkFatherDriveGameEndBetter

While shooting 'Selma,' I would train on my off time with the assistant men's track and field coach at Georgia Tech.

Stephan James

TimeMenTrainCoachShootingOff

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.

Robert Fulghum

FireProblemYouHouseNothingEat

Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, Oh, you can't do that.

Tom Clancy

LifeGoodYouNeverGood IdeaUp

If I don't get enough sleep, my brain gets fatigued, and the voice suffers. If I'm doing some retail work and trying to read and record legal copy, I start sounding like I had a few too many the night before.

Roger Craig Smith

WorkSleepBrainNightStartVoice

The press is the only institution that is truly accountable. The founding fathers put the First Amendment first for a reason.

Rupert Murdoch

First AmendmentFirstReasonPress

I couldn't stand not controlling my own product from how it's manufactured to how it's sold.

Mickey Drexler

StandProductMy OwnOwnControlling

You shouldn't have to justify your work.

Judy Chicago

WorkYouJustifyYour

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