“You have to read a lot so you know what good writing looks like and you get inspired. You have to write a lot because it's like a sport - you have to practice. And, also, you have to persevere. Don't give up. I got rejected on my first book, like, 14 times, but I just kept going. So believe in yourself and don't give up.” KnowsGivingWritingFirstsBelieveLooksBookSportsPracticeGiving UpInspiredBelieve In YourselfRejectedBelieve In YouPersevereDon't Give UpGood Writing Author:Rick Riordan
“I think cycling is a sport where you cannot be discouraged easily you have to keep going back at it. The first few times you race or try to get into the sport there is a good chance you might find yourself off the back.” ThinkingTryingFirstsMightSportsChanceRaceFinding YourselfKeep GoingDiscouragedCyclingGood Chance Author:Robin Farina
“Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.” FirstsWarMotivationalSportsBasketballWeaponsDefenseOffensiveFamous BasketballInspirational BasketballMotivational BasketballBasketball CoachBasketball MotivationGood BasketballGreat BasketballFunny BasketballAwesome SportsBest BasketballEncouraging BasketballBasketball TrainingBasketball WinningAwesome BasketballDunkingTryouts Author:Red Auerbach
“If someone from Germany or somewhere, who had no idea what baseball was, saw Kruk play, he'd wonder what the beer truck driver was doing playing first base.” IfsFirstsIdeasPlaySportsWonderSawsBaseballBeerNo IdeaGermanyDriversTruckTruck Driver Author:Andy Van Slyke
“The first time I faced him I watched him take that easy windup and then something went past me that made me flinch. The thing just hissed with danger. We couldn't touch him... Every one of us knew we'd met the most powerful arm ever turned loose in a ball park.” FirstsMadePastEasySportsPowerfulDangerArmsMetsFirst TimeBallsParksMost Powerful Author:Ty Cobb
“One of the things that I noticed in war was how difficult it was for our soldiers, at first, to realize that there are no rules to war. Our men were raised in sports, where a referee runs a football game, or an umpire a baseball game, and so forth.” MenFirstsWarRunningGamesSportsDifficultRealizingFootballBaseballRaisedSoldierUmpiresFootball GameBaseball GamesReferee Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Well, a funny thing, there are three that I like all for the same reason, golf, fishing, and shooting, and I do because first, they take you into the fields. There is mild exercise, the kind that an older individual probably should have. And on top of it, it induces you to take at any one time 2 or 3 hours, if you can, where you are thinking of the bird or that ball or the wily trout. Now, to my mind it is a very healthful, beneficial kind of thing, and I do it whenever I get a chance, as you well know.” IfsThinkingKnowsShouldMindFirstsWellsKindReasonThreeIndividualSportsHoursChanceFieldsExerciseBirdShould HaveBallsGolfShootingFishingWhere You AreOne TimeBeneficialFunny ThingsTrout Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“I think of going back to the sports field again, and let's take a baseball game. Well, you have cracked out a grounder and you put in your last ounce of energy and you just happen to make first base. But you don't stop there. First base is the beginning. Now you call on all your alertness, your skill, your energy - and you count on your teammates, you count on the people that are working with you. And the purpose of that getting on first base was to get you around to count a run.” PeopleThinkingFirstsWellsHappensRunningLastsPurposeGamesEnergySportsFieldsSkillsBaseballTeammateCrackedBaseball GamesAlertness Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Playing sports has always been my greatest pleasure. I don't smoke, I hardly drink alcohol. Sports helped get me into the presidential palace. My first position in the union was that of sports secretary.” FirstsSportsPleasurePositionDrinkUnionsAlcoholSmokePresidentialSecretaryPalacesGreatest PleasuresPlaying Sports Author:Evo Morales
“First of all, it would be great for world football to have a competitive Chinese team as China traditionally has deep relation to sports in general.” WorldFirstsWould BeSportsTeamFootballRelationChinaChineseSports In General Author:Berti Vogts
“Whether you work in news, sport, politics, whatever, it's exactly the same; a story is a story, is a story. I consider myself first and foremost a journalist.” FirstsStoriesSportsNewsJournalist Author:Jill Douglas
“You see history in the making and that is definitely the highlight. You get to meet these amazing sportsmen and women, and see them develop as individuals. You get to meet them when they're first coming into their sport. You watch them develop and you build up relationships with them.” FirstsIndividualSportsWatchesMen And WomenHighlightsSportsman Author:Jill Douglas
“One of my first jobs was at the Boston Globe. I worked in the sports department six months a year. When I was ready to graduate, the sports editor gave me a job as a schoolboy sports writer.” YearsFirstsJobsSportsReadyMonthsSixDepartmentEditorsGraduatesGlobesSix MonthsBoston Author:Will McDonough
“The place where I had so much success as a driver would be where I had my first win as a team owner.” FirstsWould BeWinningSportsTeamOwnersDrivers Author:Bobby Rahal
“My son is racing his first 24-hour this year with Porsche.” YearsFirstsSportsHoursSonMy SonRacingPorsche Author:Bobby Rahal
“I learned to never quit, and academics always come first. I had to make sure to get my degree, because I learned that athletic ability and sports don't last forever.” FirstsLastsSportsAbilityForeverDegreesQuittingNever QuitAthleticAthletic Ability Author:Arthur Jones
“I was first drawn to active wear because I enjoy working out, and it's very important in this day in age. I really felt women were getting the tail end of the design in active wear; not getting the technology or design we deserved. It was reserved for men. We were getting the leftover work from the sports design houses.” MenFirstsImportantEndsAgeHouseFeltSportsEnjoyTechnologyDesignWork OutActiveThis DayTailsReserved Author:Stella McCartney