“You're not human if you don't feel fear. But I've learnt to treat fear as an emotion that sharpens me. It's there to give me that edge for what I have to do.” IfsGivingFeelsHumansEmotionTreatsGive MeEdges Author:Bear Grylls
“When I stand on the edge of a cliff or right at the edge of a building or something, it's one of the few things that gives me kind of a deep, overwhelming, irrational fear where it affects my physiology.” GivingKindBuildingGive MeEdgesOverwhelmingIrrationalCliffsPhysiologyIrrational Fear Author:Chris Hadfield
“It [boxing] helps my hand-eye coordination, my stamina, my footwork, and it gives me that competitive edge and drive. And in the ring it's mano-a-mano. So it helps you build that arrogance, that cockiness, that confidence in yourself that the man that stands in front of you isn't going to beat you, and that translates to the court.” MenGivingHelpingHandsEyeFrontsHe ManBeatsGive MeCourtEdgesRingsArroganceBoxingTranslateStaminaConfidence In YourselfCoordinationCockinessFootwork Author:Carmelo Anthony
“The success doesn't define you. The success isn't what gave you the edge in the first place. The failure didn't give me the edge, either.” GivingFirstsGive MeEdgesDefine You Author:Richard Sherman
“My schedule is always tight. But I like to have the pressure of having to finish doing something; it gives me an added edge.” GivingGive MePressureEdgesSchedules Author:Wynton Marsalis
“We've all led raucous lives, some of them inside, some of them out. But only the poem you leave behind is what's important. Everyone knows this. The voyage into the interior is all that matters, Whatever your ride. Sometimes I can't sit still for all the asininities I read. Give me the hummingbird, who has to eat sixty times His own weight a day just to stay alive. Now that's a life on the edge.” KnowsGivingStillsI CanImportantSometimesMatterBehindsAliveWeightGive MeEdgesSixtyInteriorsVoyagesWhat's ImportantStaying AliveHummingbirdsLife On The Edge Author:Charles Wright
“You know, many people have said that I'm on the edge and I'm maverick for some of the big operations that I've done. I'm not at all. I pray; I ask God to give me wisdom, 'Should I do it?', guidance in terms of how to do it, who to consult with. All those kind of things are incredibly important.” PeopleKnowsGivingShouldKindSaidImportantDoneBigsAsksTermPrayingGive MeEdgesOperationsGuidanceShould II PrayMaverick Author:Benjamin Carson
“If I lived through the next day or so, I needed to start keeping track of where these jokers liked to get their bloodthirsty freak on. It might give me an edge someday. Or at least a list of places that could use a nice burning down. I hadn't burned down a building in ages.” IfsGivingUseMightAgeNextNiceBuildingNeededGive MeEdgesTrackListsBurningSomedayFreakBurnedNext DayBurning Down Author:Jim Butcher