Jackie Joyner-Kersee Quotes

When I was in elementary school, we weren't allowed to do sports other than cheerleading. By junior high, they let us play, but we had to come back after 6:30 p.m. to practice because there was only one gymnasium and the boys used it first.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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SportsSchoolPracticeBackPlayUs

I don't really do stand-up.

Jessica Williams

ReallyStand-Up

Getting 10,000 listeners for a free podcast novel is a lot easier than selling 10,000 hardcover novels at $25 a pop.

Jeremy Robinson

FreeSellingPopEasierThanNovel

You can (be a middle-aged comic) if you work very hard at it, because comedy is really hard.

Andrew Denton

WorkComedyYouHardMiddle-Aged

Whenever there's a new form of media, we always think it's going to replace the old thing, and it never does. We still have radio, however long after TV was introduced.

Matt Mullenweg

ThinkMediaLongNewNeverRadio

There's a lot of automation that can happen that isn't a replacement of humans but of mind-numbing behavior.

Stewart Butterfield

BehaviorAutomationHappenHumans

Today, if you do put out a record on a label, traditionally, most people are going to hear it via a leak that happens two weeks - if not two months - before it comes out. There's no real way around that.

Trent Reznor

TodayPeopleYouWayRealOut

You don't appreciate what you have when it all comes to you real quick. I went from nothing to everything all at once.

Robbie Lawler

AppreciateYouNothingRealQuick

CNN and MSNBC, our primary competitors, are trying to figure out how to beat us. There are some good, smart people at those networks, and even occasionally a blind pig finds an acorn.

Roger Ailes

GoodSmartPeopleBlindTryingPig

Brazil goes into every World Cup expecting to win - so when it is in Brazil it is expected even more. You can't understand what the World Cup means to our country.

Ronaldinho

WinWorldYouCountryUnderstand

The treatment from the Arnold Classic to the Olympia is, of course, a little bit different, but overall the quality of the shows and the way they are put on... I think they are the same. It's just that the Olympia has been around for so long, and it is considered the Super Bowl of bodybuilding.

Ronnie Coleman

QualityThinkLongSuper BowlWay

I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, 'I'm just fine.'

Mary J. Blige

ChooseBadI CanSayBad DaysDays

My favorite thing is being able to follow my inspiration, and the freedom of being a writer is hard to beat.

Mike White

FreedomFollowHardInspirationBeat

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