“I've been 11, 12 percent body fat my whole career. But when you've got a big, sexy, beautiful man that's up in the 340s, 350s, the way you guys were taught on this planet, you're going to automatically think it's fat.” ThinkingMenWayWholeBodyBigsBeautifulGuyCareersTaughtPlanetsBasketballPercentSexyFatsBody Fat Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“A third of our kids, after we spend more per student than any country in the world other than a couple rounding errors, 30 percent are college- and/or career-ready.” WorldCountryKidsCareersStudentsCollegeReadyCouplePercentThirdsErrors Author:Jeb Bush
“It wasn't until after I received my education that I seriously looked at sports entertainment as a way to make a career for myself. And they've got to take it in stride. It's very much like acting or playing professional sports: One percent of one percent of the people who try out for it can actually say they make their living off of doing it.” PeopleWayTryingSportsActingCareersPercentEntertainmentStrideProfessional SportsSports Entertainment Author:John Cena
“If you don't put 99 percent of yourself into the writing, there will be no publishing career. There's the writer and there's the author. The author - you don't ever think about the author. Just think about the writer. So my advice would be, find a way to not care - easier said than done.” IfsThinkingWayWritingSaidDoneWould BeCareCareersAdviceEasierPercentPublishingEasier Said Than Done Author:Andre Dubus
“Some think that it is cruel or brutal to remove the bottom 10 percent of our people. It isn't. It's just the opposite. What I think is brutal and "false kindness" is keeping people around who aren't going to grow and prosper. There's no cruelty like waiting and telling people late into their careers that they don't belong - just when the options are limited and they're putting their children through college or paying off big mortgages.” PeopleThinkingChildrenBigsGrowsWaitingCareersKindnessCollegeLatePercentOppositesBottomCrueltyRemoveBrutalMortgage Author:Jack Welch
“I found it to be smooth sailing - 100 percent smooth sailing my whole career.” WholeFoundCareersPercentSmoothSailingSmooth Sailing Author:Mindy Kaling
“Training for the Olympics was much easier than balancing my life now! When practice was over, there was time for me. But with four kids and a career, I have no downtime. When I'm not on the road, I finish my workday at 2:30 p.m. Then I pick the kids up from school and they get 100 percent Mommy, not part Mommy and part Mary Lou Retton.” KidsSchoolCareersPracticeFourEasierTrainingPicksPercentMaryOlympicsDowntimeTraining For The Olympics Author:Mary Lou Retton
“If I worried about that, I wouldn't have made a single record in my whole career. I think more and more, audiences appreciate something that is distinctive and different. Everyone always throws out this figure, 'Jazz is now down to three percent of the total record sales.' So does that mean it is not important? I think if we agree that human culture itself is important, then I think those three percent take on a greater significance.” IfsThinkingHumansMeanDoeMadeImportantDifferentWholeCultureThreeCareersAudienceRecordsGreaterFiguresPercentAppreciateAgreeJazzWorriedSignificanceDistinctive Author:Dave Douglas
“Richard Nixon's career certainly ended in failure but someone who won an election with 60 percent of the vote, won 49 out of 50 states, that makes his -up to that point - incredibly successful. The idea of winning 49 states, incredible.” IdeasStatesWinningCareersSuccessfulPercentVoteElectionIncredibles Author:Frank Luntz
“I've written 90 percent of the songs in my career, on all my albums.” SongCareersWrittenPercentAlbums Author:Toby Keith
“It is no exaggeration to say that rising inequality has driven many of the 99 percent into a financial ditch. It also helped spawn the housing bubble that gave us the financial crisis of 2008, the lingering effects of which have forced many OWS protesters to try to launch their careers in by far the most inhospitable labor market we've seen since the Great Depression. Even those recent graduates who manage to find jobs will suffer a lifelong penalty in reduced wages.” TryingJobsSufferingCareersEffectsPercentLaborCrisisFinancialDrivenManageInequalityRisingGraduatesBubblesPenaltiesWagesHousingLifelongExaggerationGreat DepressionFinancial CrisisLingeringSpawnHousing Bubble Author:Robert H. Frank
“I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn't work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.” IfsYearsSchoolCareersMomPercentWork OutMy Mom Author:Queen Latifah
“Every Olympic athlete prepares differently. For me, I am 100 percent into the sport. And if I decide to really make a crucial career decision to say, 'This is something I want to do,' I want to leave no stone unturned in my preparation.” IfsWantSportsDecisionCareersPercentStonesAthletePreparationCrucialOlympic Athlete Author:Apolo Ohno
“What I've found in my career is that 70 to 75 percent of comics are nice and have some sense of social skills, but there are those who end up in comedy because they don't know how to socialize. I don't want to deal with that group.” KnowsWantEndsFoundSocialDealsCareersKnow HowComedyNiceGroupsSkillsPercentSocial Skills Author:Lewis Black
“You know, my parents have always been incredibly supportive. I'm an only child, so we're very close. There's just the three of us. They're exceptional parents but also great friends. My father was able to take his hobby, photography, and turn it into a beautiful career. So when they saw how much I loved acting, they were 100 percent behind me.” KnowsChildrenAbleBeautifulTurnsThreeFatherParentActingBehindsCareersSawsPhotographyPercentHobbiesSupportiveExceptionalOnly ChildGreat Friend Author:Sophia Bush