“A loser is someone who makes excuses and alibis and blames everyone else for their losses and failures.” Quote by Dick Vitale
“Most of our stuff was trial and error. You live with a tape recorder, you turn it on, you play the song and you listen to it.” PlaySongTurnsStuffErrorsTrialsTapeListen To Your HeartTrial And ErrorRecorders Author:Levon Helm
“People that don't know me think that basketball is my life 24/7. Trust me, there is much more to my life. My number one priority in my life is my family.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLife IsNumbersBasketballMy FamilyPrioritiesKnow MeTrust MeBasketball Is My Life Author:Dick Vitale
“Life has good and bad times. And to get through them you have to battle. Life is not all smooth. I've had my bumps and bruises, like anybody, but I've always tried to look at life like a glass that's half full.” LooksLife IsHalfBattleGlassesSmoothGood And BadBumpsBad TimesBruisesHalf FullGood And Bad Times Author:Dick Vitale
“My perfect day is to wake up with all kinds of energy and enthusiasm for the day, have a list of what I want to achieve, and at the end of the day look in the mirror and think man, this has been perfect. Everything I planned became a reality.” ThinkingMenWantLooksKindHas BeensEndsRealityEnergyPerfectAchieveWake UpMirrorsListsAll KindsEnthusiasmThe End Of The DayAnd At The End Of The DayPerfect DaysEnergy And Enthusiasm Author:Dick Vitale
“One day to see that headline, not that someone won a basketball championship, but to see that a cure for cancer has been found, will be a great day for mankind.” Has BeensFoundMankindOne DayBasketballCancerCuresChampionshipHeadlinesGreat Day Author:Dick Vitale
“I interviewed one of the most powerful lawyers in the world and he told me, "At the time, it was the worst thing in the world not to be able to get a job at a fancy law firm, but it's the greatest thing that ever happened in my life." It was a humble acknowledgment of how forces much larger than himself shaped his career. I really wanted to bring that point home.” WorldHomeAbleWantedJobsLawForcePowerfulCareersHappenedWorstHumbleLawyerFirmFancyMost PowerfulWorst ThingsAcknowledgmentLaw Firms Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“I write my books to challenge my own feelings and theories. Perhaps most surprising was what I learned about rice farming. It was really interesting to think of how different Asian and Western cultures are as a result of the kinds of agricultural practices that our ancestors used for thousands of years. The life of a Chinese peasant in the Middle Ages was so dramatically different from the life of a European peasant - night and day different.” ThinkingWritingYearsKindBookDifferentFeelingsAgeUsedNightCultureChallengesMy OwnInterestingResultsPracticeMiddleTheoryWesternChineseAncestorSurprisingAsianFarmingMiddle AgesRicePeasantsReally InterestingWestern Culture Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“I always resist seeing my own personal motivation in my work, but I guess it must be there on some level. And I do feel very much that my life follows the kinds of things I talk about in my books. I've always thought of myself as an insanely lucky person, so perhaps the success of my first two books led me to want to examine this phenomenon on some unconscious level.” WantFeelsFirstsKindPersonsTwoBookMotivationMy OwnLevelsSeeingLuckyUnconsciousPhenomenonPersonal MotivationLucky Person Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“The iPod is clearly a tipping point (and I'm not quite sure it is a wholly positive development), because it is a revolution in the way that we consume creative property, which I would call art. It has radically changed the relationship between the artist and the audience, how money changes hands, and how much money changes hands. Music was the first, and books are coming next. The Kindle or some form of electronic book is clearly inevitable, and it will massively reshape how books are sold, who pays for them, and how they're consumed. It is going to be really fascinating.” WayFirstsArtBookHandsFormArtistNextPayAudienceCreativeChangedRevolutionDevelopmentPropertyInevitableFascinatingConsumedIpodsKindlesTippingTipping Point Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“My writing model is my mother, who is a writer as well. She always valued clarity and simplicity above all else. If someone doesn't understand what you're writing, then everything else you do is superfluous. Irrelevant. If any thoughtful, curious reader finds what I do impenetrable, I've failed.” IfsWritingWellsMotherReaderModelsSimplicityClarityCuriousThoughtfulIrrelevantSuperfluous Author:Malcolm Gladwell