“Up until the time I was 14 years old, I was sure that I was going to be a big-league baseball player. But that dream came to a rude awakening when I got cut from my high school baseball team.” YearsDreamBigsSchoolCuttingPlayerTeamHigh SchoolBaseballAwakeningLeagueRudeBaseball PlayerBaseball Team Author:Phil Knight
“I recall that my workshop leaders were tactful in their ways of acquainting me with my shortcomings as a writer. So much so that I hardly realized they were doing it. I want always to keep that sort of thing in mind when I'm teaching. The way you get better in everything in this life is to make mistakes. Otherwise you're probably doing it right by accident. But you have to do everything wrong before you can really start with some authority to do it right.” WayWantMindLife IsMistakeLeaderTeachingAuthorityAccidentsThis LifeGet BetterMaking MistakesRecallsShortcomingsWorkshops Author:Tobias Wolff
“I hope to live long and be happy. But I'd like to be remembered as somebody who did good rather than mischief.” LongRememberedMischiefHope To Live Author:Mary Archer
“I think one of the downsides of the sort of obsession with romantic love and personal fulfillment is that the plain fact of the matter is that those feelings don't last for ever and so they better be replaced and reinforced by things that do.” ThinkingMatterFactsFeelingsLastsObsessionFulfillmentRomantic LoveReplacedPersonal Fulfillment Author:Mary Archer
“It's a place where I could do something on a weekly basis and see if I like it.” IfsBases Author:Macaulay Culkin
“I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx it.” WantWritingStuffAmountSomedayGatheringJinx Author:Macaulay Culkin
“The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.” FirstsBookBigsFansReaderFunny Things Author:Macaulay Culkin