“I ran track in high school. I was a fragile young man, personally and physically. I tried football. That didn't work out; I broke my collarbone. But I always loved running.” MenRunningSchoolYoungFootballHigh SchoolTrackWork OutBrokeRanYoung ManFragile Author:Danny Pudi
“I ran the high school newspaper and was in student government. I played sports my whole life but was never picked as captain.” WholeGovernmentSchoolSportsStudentsHigh SchoolWhole LifeNewspapersRanCaptains Author:Bing Gordon
“I ran track in high school very competitively, and then ran it D-1 at Boston University. I ran there on an athletic scholarship and chose BU because they had both a good track program and an arts program.” ArtSchoolHigh SchoolProgramUniversityTrackRanBostonAthleticScholarshipAthletic ScholarshipsBoston University Author:Uzo Aduba
“I worked at a daycare for a couple of years going through high school and college. I did youth sports camps. I ran all the camps through my college.” YearsSchoolSportsYouthCollegeCoupleHigh SchoolRanCampsYouth SportsDaycare Author:Derek Theler
“I had an unorthodox high-school experience; I shifted around to different schools. When I got to college and met Larry Sacharow, who ran the theatre department [at Fordham University in NYC], he was the first person to say ‘I believe in you.’ At that point, I just needed someone to say ‘I see you, I get you, let’s go.’ It’s an amazing thing to borrow someone else’s confidence in you; it can change your life.” FirstsBelievePersonsDifferentSchoolI BelieveCollegeNeededMetsHigh SchoolUniversityI Believe InTheatreRanDepartmentBelieve In YouChanging Your LifeAmazing ThingsFirst PersonLarryNycUnorthodoxI Believe In YouNeeded SomeoneSchool Experience Author:Taylor Schilling
“I played football and ran track in junior high, but by high school I was getting serious about my studies.” SchoolStudyFootballSeriousHigh SchoolTrackRanJuniorsJunior High Author:George Smoot
“Staying in shape does not come easily, especially as you get older and you don't have as much time or energy to exercise. I used to be naturally skinny in high school and college. I was in cheerleading, ran track, and did gymnastics, so I had a built-in five-hour workout every day. Lately, I've been doing Pilates on the Megaformer, which is like Pilates on steroids.” DoeSchoolUsedEnergyHoursFiveCollegeExerciseShapesHigh SchoolBuiltTrackUsed To BeRanStayingWorkoutSkinnyGymnasticsPilatesSteroidCheerleading Author:Eva Longoria
“In high school, I was just a guy who ran the court and played defense. Now I have the whole package.” WholeSchoolGuyHigh SchoolCourtDefenseRanPackages Author:Jason Terry
“I went to high school right outside Dallas, and (songwriter and performer) Michael Martin Murphey was a senior there when I was a sophomore or junior, really into folk and acoustic music. Larry Gross, who's the host of "Mountain Stage" on public radio, and B.W. Stevenson, also a musician, were there at the same time, too. Michael was a big inspiration -- through him I discovered Woody Guthrie, Dylan, Jimmy Rogers. Then I ran into Jerry Jeff Walker there in Dallas back when he was just a folk singer. Those are my earliest influences.” BigsInspirationSchoolInfluenceStageMountainMusicianHigh SchoolFolksRadioSingersRanPerformersHostSongwritersSeniorGrossDylanJuniorsJimmyRogerBack WhenLarryJerryAcousticsWoodyDallasWalkersSophomorePublic RadioAcoustic Music Author:Ray Wylie Hubbard
“Howard Zinn ran what is called the Zinn Education Project. It is a radical, radical bunch of insane lunatic leftists. And there is a project at the Zinn Educational Project: A People's History of Muslims in the United States - What School Textbooks and the Media Miss. And this program is teaching your high school student, juror junior high or middle school student.” PeopleStatesSchoolUnitedUnited StatesTeachingMiddleMediaMissingStudentsProjectsHigh SchoolProgramEducationalBunchInsaneRadicalRanJuniorsLunaticTextbooksMiddle SchoolLeftistsJunior HighHigh School StudentsJurors Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I always wanted to read. I always thought I was going to be a historian. I would go to school and study history and then end up in law school, once, I ran out of loot trying to be a history high school teacher. But my dream was always to place myself in a situation where I was always surrounded by books.” TryingBookDreamSchoolSituationStudyTeacherHigh SchoolRanHistorianLaw School Author:Junot Diaz
“We ran into lots of old friends. Friends from elementary school, junior high school, high school. Everyone had matured in their own way, and even as we stood face to face with them they seemed like people from dreams, sudden glimpses through the fences of our tangled memories. We smiled and waved, exchanged a few words, and then walked on in our separate directions.” PeopleWayDreamSchoolFacesMemoriesHigh SchoolRanFenceGlimpseJuniorsFace To FaceOld FriendsTangledFew WordsElementary SchoolJunior HighMaturedHigh School Junior Book:Goodbye Tsugumi Source: Goodbye Tsugumi
“Fortunately for me, I ran across some girls I could get along with so I could enjoy high school life okay, but it must be awful for kids who don't get along with anybody. We're different from our parents, a completely different species from our teachers. And kids who are one grade apart you are in a different world altogether. In other words, we're basically surrounded by enemies and have to make it on our own.” WorldDifferentKidsSchoolGirlParentEnjoyEnemyTeacherHigh SchoolOkaySpeciesAwfulRanGradesDifferent WorldsSchool Life Author:Natsuo Kirino
“Only nut cases want to be president. This was true even in high school. Only clearly disturbed people ran for class president.” PeopleWantSchoolPresidentClassCasesHigh SchoolRanNutsDisturbedClass President Book:A Man Without a Country Source: A Man Without a Country
“When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team.” RunningSchoolTreeTeamFootballBasketballHigh SchoolCatholicCoachesForestsRanNflPhiladelphiaAmerican FootballFootball PlayerFootball TeamHomecomingFootball CoachGood BasketballSports FootballFunny FootballFunny American FootballNfl FootballInspirational Football CoachHigh School Football Author:George Raveling