“So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport its the longterm. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.” FactsSportsRaceCareersJudgingSeasons Author:Alain Prost
“I guess when you have that one monster season, it's good because you're recognized. If it weren't for that season, not as many people would know about my career. But it also kind of diminishes what I did in other years.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsKindSportsCareersSeasonsMonstersDiminish Author:Brady Anderson
“Just let me do what I'm doing, and then when all of this is up, then you can say how my career was. Don't try to sum up my career in one or two seasons. Let me finish it first.” TryingFirstsTwoCareersSeasonsLet Me Author:Bo Jackson
“Im looking for leaders who are going to go to Washington for a season, not career politicians. People who understand that the strength of America comes from the private sector, not Washington, D.C.” PeopleAmericaLeaderCareersPoliticianSeasonsPrivate SectorCareer Politicians Author:Keith Rothfus
“At the beginning of my acting career, I worked for two seasons at the RSC and spent a lot of time in the Cotswolds exploring Shakespeare's countryside. It's my kind of English landscape, with its tiny villages and one-room thatched pubs.” KindTwoRoomsActingCareersSeasonsTinyLandscapeVillageExploringCountrysidePubs Author:Cherie Lunghi
“For me it was sort of career suicide to work in color, but I did it because I perceived myself from an early stage to be interested in seasonality - the changing of the seasons - thats what I deeply loved.” CareersStageColorSeasonsSuicide Author:Joel Sternfeld
“There are always seasons to a career and perhaps always the grass is often greener, you're often looking at other people's careers going, "Damn, they get all the good roles. Why didn't I read that? Why didn't they ask me to do that?"” PeopleAsksCareersRolesSeasonsAsk MeGrassDamnGreener Author:Jude Law
“He said I couldn't do (off the field) what I did when I was 23 or 24, and I paid attention to him. Damn it, I got a trainer and went to spring training in the best shape of my career and in 1985 had the best season I ever had and we won the World Series. Before that, I didn't know how long I was going to play. That talk with Mr. Fogelman was the most inspiring talk I ever had with anyone.” KnowsWorldLongSaidPlayAttentionCareersKnow HowFieldsShapesSpringTrainingSeasonsPaidSeriesDamnTrainersWorld SeriesSpring TrainingMost Inspiring Author:George Brett
“I haven't given it (achieving 3,000 hits) much thought. I was taught a certain approach, how to come to the ballpark. I try not to do too much thinking about things like that. In this society we measure success in different ways. Three thousand (hits) represents success over a career, not a season. It'll be nice to get to that point.” ThinkingWayTryingDifferentCertainThreeGivenCareersToo MuchNiceAchieveHavensTaughtThousandApproachSeasonsDifferent WaysBeing NiceThis SocietyMeasure Of SuccessBallparks Author:Cal Ripken, Jr.
“I would rather have come to Baltimore than the Yankees. You look at their situation, they're the kingpin and you want to be that underdog that knocks them off the top. That's pretty much the situation I've been in my whole career. It just makes for a better season when you knock the big guys off the top.” WantLooksWholeBigsGuySituationCareersSeasonsYankeesUnderdogBaltimoreBig Guys Author:Albert Belle
“Every dancer has injuries, and your injury could happen that season that you were getting that one part that you've wanted to do your whole career. So you have to appreciate every single moment until it happens.” WholeMomentsHappensWantedCareersAppreciateSeasonsDancerInjurySingle Mom Author:Amanda Schull
“An incredible advertising career is not about creating an incredibly amazing ad, it's about making an incredible amazing ad every single day of your career, it's about getting those adds killed, and resurrecting them over and over again. It's about your season average not that occasional home-run.” HomeRunningCareersCreatingSeasonsAddIncrediblesAverageAdvertisingAdsOccasionalHome Run Author:Lee Clow
“There have been two [career highlights]. Waking up in New York to hear I'd been nominated for Best Actor for a Tony Award on Broadway, for An Ideal Husband. The other one was waking up the morning after the opening night of A Man For All Seasons and reading the reviews.” MenHas BeensTwoNightReadingActorsCareersMorningNew YorkHusbandIdealsSeasonsWake UpOpeningAwardsReviewsWakingBroadwayHighlightsMorning AfterIdeal HusbandOpening Night Author:Martin Shaw
“You have one good game or season, so what? You have to have a career.” GamesCareersSeasons Author:Roy Oswalt
“I sort of watched everyone go through it on that show ["Grey's Anatomy" ] because I came on later in the first season, so I kind of watched everyone else go through it but really I am so grateful and blessed and feel I have had such a great career and I love that fans love the shows that I do, and so when I get approached I still, I go, "Oh, thank you. That makes me feel good."” FeelsFirstsKindStillsShowsCareersFansSeasonsBlessedGratefulFeel GoodGreyAnatomySo GratefulGrey's Anatomy Author:Kate Walsh
“I had a career before the Stern show, on Mad TV. I was on the first two seasons of that and I got kicked off it because of possession of cocaine.” FirstsTwoShowsCareersTvsSeasonsMadPossessionCocaine Author:Artie Lange
“Miami awarded me with the teams Pitcher of the year as well as Rookie of the year. My career at Miami only got better from there, I went on the Cape Cod baseball league for 2 consecutive summers where I did well and also to help lead our Miami team to both MAC regular season and tournament champions in 2005. I finished my career at Miami holding a few conference records including career innings pitched and by getting drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 10th round.” YearsWellsHelpingCareersRecordsTeamSummerBaseballSeasonsRoundsIncludingFinishedLeagueChampionFloridaConferencesTournamentsPitcherMacsMiamiCapesRookiesCape CodConsecutive Author:Graham Taylor
“I was... 15? And Garry Marshall, who had many, many seasons in the sun and a very long career, was in the middle of the brightest of all his seasons - I think he owned network television - and it was his next thing, and he was directing [Mean Jeans ]. And I thought, "If there's anyone who can bring comedy out of a designer jeans shop, it's gotta be Garry."” IfsThinkingMeanLongNextCareersSunComedyMiddleTelevisionSeasonsDesignerShopsJeansLong Careers Author:Rob Lowe
“I got the nickname in the preseason of my rookie season. I was playing for the Suns at the (Great Western) Forum. I got a block or a steal or a dunk and (TNT broadcaster) Kenny Smith went crazy. He called me 'The Matrix.' Who wouldn't like it? Players go through their whole career without having a nickname.” WholeCareersSunPlayerCrazySeasonsWesternStealingBlockNicknamesForumsBroadcastersKennyRookies Author:Shawn Marion
“Last four months were great for me, was probably one of the best four months of my career, playing unbelievable in the clay court season.” LastsCareersFourMonthsSeasonsCourtUnbelievableClay Author:Rafael Nadal
“Last year was a lifetime, a whole career in one season. We went from being the dregs to winners.” YearsWholeLastsCareersSeasonsLifetimeAthleteWinnerLast YearDregs Author:Damon Hill
“Al Davis is a legend and his contribution and influence on the game of football, the National Football League, and the Oakland Raiders has been profound for decades. To view his contribution and influence on a season-by-season basis does not make sense: he has dominated the industry for a lifetime. I can't tell you how he may have impacted or guided other individuals during their careers but I can speak from personal experience. He inspires me to be better every day than I was the day before.” MayDoeHas BeensI CanGamesIndividualSpeakViewsCareersInfluenceFootballInspireIndustrySeasonsBasesLifetimeProfoundDecadesMake SenseLeagueContributionAlsLegendsPersonal ExperiencesOaklandRaidersOakland Raiders Author:Amy Trask
“When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good. There have been times when I have been flat-out to finish sixth, but you can't see that from the outside. In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. I pushed like mad, yet everyone was gathered around the winner and they were thinking that I was just trundling around. But that's motor racing. So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport is the long term. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.” ThinkingLongHas BeensFactsFeelingsThreeWinningSportsTermRaceCareersFourJudgingSeasonsMadVery GoodFinishedWinnerLong TermFlatsRacingMotorMotor Racing Author:Alain Prost
“I think Barry Bonds was in a unique situation given his injuries from a year ago, the fact that he played in just 14 games. Even though I spoke to Barry in December and he was enthusiastic and excited about the possibility, I think the closer he got to the reality of spring training, and as he got himself in shape for the regular season and the San Francisco Giants, he felt like it may be too much of a challenge to try to push his body at this point in his career.” ThinkingTryingYearsMayFactsBodyRealityGamesGivenFeltChallengesSituationCareersToo MuchPossibilityShapesUniqueSpringTrainingYears AgoSeasonsExcitedGiantsInjurySpokesSan FranciscoEnthusiasticDecemberSpring Training Author:Buck Martinez
“I've had moments where I realize my body isn't going to withstand many more seasons, but I am very satisfied with my career and I am trying not to look at retirement as a sad thing.” TryingLooksMomentsBodyRealizingCareersSeasonsSatisfiedRetirementSad Things Author:Cat Osterman
“I think that in itself is kind of an amazing achievement to be able to say that your full-time career is in any creative arts, let alone a show that has kept people interested for coming on four seasons and hopefully more.” PeopleThinkingKindArtShowsAbleCareersCreativeFourAchievementSeasonsHopefullyCreative ArtFour Seasons Author:Anna Paquin
“I probably would have no capability of absorbing a 60-defeat season as a coach. It would be a foreign experience. My whole career, even as a player, has been on winning basketball clubs and it just seems to have been a part of the make-up of what’s been given me. That’s what I’ve been given and that’s what I’ve had to deal with. Some people can make fun of it or some people can have a good time with it, or some people can resent it. It’s just what it is.” PeopleHas BeensWholeSeemsWould BeWinningGivenFunDealsCareersPlayerBasketballSeasonsDefeatClubsCoachesGood TimesCapabilityHaving A Good TimeResentAbsorbingWinning Basketball Author:Phil Jackson