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Ralph Boston Quotes

Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It's what you do after you cross the line that really counts.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: athlete
Nationality: american
Birth: May 9, 1939

Topics

Life Winner You Finish Line First

Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.

Money Brain Book Name You Boxing

Australians and the British are very similar: If you try and stand out in any way, and you try to reach for success, someone is gonna be there to cut you down.

Success Stand Reach Someone You Way

I would love to do a comedy spoof, like a Spinal Tap kind of thing.

Matthew McGrory

Love Comedy Kind Would Like Tap

We all say, 'You don't have to run around playing all these tournaments and trying to conquer the world like Dr. Evil.'

Evil World Conquer Trying You Run

I used to have quite long hair, and I decided that I wanted to get it cut. I'd never met the person who did it, and she cut it into some kind of dreadful mullet. It looked like a triangle on my head. The other kids were merciless.

Jonathan Stroud

Hair Long Long Hair Person Kind She

My work was fairly theoretical. It was in recursive function theory. And in particular, hierarchies of functions in terms of computational complexity. I got involved in real computers and programming mainly by being - well, I was interested even as I came to graduate school.

Work School Computers Programming

A poet's cultural baggage and erudition can interfere with a poem.

Poet Poem Interfere Baggage Cultural

I think it's quite extraordinary that people cast me as if I'm Warren Beatty: until I met my present wife, at the age of 35, you could name two girlfriends.

Age Wife People Me Think Name

I spend 80% of my time in my restaurants. Taping my TV shows doesn't take much time, and then they get aired a lot. That's the thing people don't realize.

Time People Realize Take Get Much

I like to find an artist who inspires me and get into their world and challenge them.

Ariel Rechtshaid

Challenge Me World Artist Find Get

The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.

Publilius Syrus

Person Favors Return Who Knows Most

I am guilty of buying way too many gadgets - way too many! And though I try to keep things nice and orderly, sometimes I get distracted and stick saucepans where the stockpots should go.

I Am Guilty Go Nice Sometimes Way

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