“When my father bid $5,000 for the 1962 Championship Game, that was a huge amount. It was double the bid the year before. Pete Rozelle was flabbergasted. Who was this guy who was willing to spend so much money on what seemed like relatively worthless rights to the NFL Championship Game?” YearsGuyFatherGamesRightsWillingHugeAmountNflChampionshipWorthlessThis GuyChampionship Games Author:Steve Sabol
“It does not matter the size of the man, rather the amount of effort the man is willing to put forth” MenDoeMatterEffortWillingHe ManAmountSize Author:Woody Hayes
“It would be nice to make a movie that other people want to make, because every one of these movies, I basically have to find the only company in the world that's willing to make it, and it's always a big challenge. I end up spending a tremendous amount of energy and time trying to get money to make these movies and it's exhausting.” PeopleWorldWantTryingEndsBigsWould BeEnergyChallengesCompanyNiceWillingAmountSpendingBeing NiceExhaustingGet MoneyBig Challenges Author:Darren Aronofsky
“People can't measure the amount of heart you have and how much you're willing to fight for something.” PeopleHeartFightingWillingAmountMma Author:Blake Griffin
“Something hurts, lean in. You just lean into that point until it loses its power over you. There's a certain amount of suffering that you have to be willing to sustain if you want to have a good life. And the real trick is to be able to sustain it with your heart open and still be loving.” IfsWantHeartStillsRealAbleCertainSufferingLosesHurtWillingAmountTricksOver YouGood Life Author:Will Smith
“He who wills believes with a fair amount of certainty that will and action are somehow one; he ascribes the success, the carrying out of the willing, to the will itself, and thereby enjoys an increase of the sensation of power which accompanies all success.” BelieveActionEnjoyWillingAmountFairsIncreaseCertaintySensationsWillpowerAccompany Book:The Selected Writings of Friedrich Nietzsche Source: The Selected Writings of Friedrich Nietzsche
“Every peasant cuisine has incredible ingenious tricks for getting a lot of nutrition out of a small amount of ingredients. There are people who don't have the money to invest in better food, but perhaps they have the time. There's a trade-off: The more time you're willing to put into food preparation, the less money you have to spend.” PeopleWillingAmountTradeIncrediblesTricksPreparationMore TimeIngredientsNutritionPeasantsIngeniousCuisineSmall AmountsTrade Offs Author:Michael Pollan
“The degree to which you will awaken is in direct proportion to the amount of truth you are willing to accept about yourself.” InspiringAcceptingWillingAmountDegreesDirectProportionAbout Yourself Author:Robert Anthony
“I think that if people would be willing to grow some of their own food or eat locally grown organic foods on a regular basis we could significantly decrease the amount of harmful chemicals we pump into our soil every day.” PeopleIfsThinkingWould BeGrowsWillingAmountBasesSoilChemicalsDecreasePumpsOrganic Food Author:Gary Player
“Coming up with lectures is a huge amount of work. I was willing to do one lecture for Gresham because I was honored to have been invited, but to create lectures for a class would probably require that I shut down everything else and concentrate on lectures for a couple of years. Then there would be many, many other skills that I'd have to learn, such as how to sit through a faculty meeting, how to deal with students, etc. It is really not in the cards for me. It's not who I am or what I do. I'm a novelist.” YearsHas BeensWould BeDealsClassStudentsWillingHugeAmountCoupleSkillsMeetingsWho I AmCardsNovelistsEtcFacultyHonoredInvitedLectures Author:Neal Stephenson
“Everybody has a finite amount of energy and limits to what he or she can do. Listen to your body. It will talk to you if you're willing to listen.” IfsBodyEnergyCan DoWillingAmountLimitsYour BodyFinite Book:Never Say Never: 10 Lessons to Turn You Can't Into Yes I Can Source: Never Say Never: 10 Lessons to Turn You Can't Into Yes I Can
“Our philosophy about activity and our attitude about hard work will affect the quality of our lives. What we decide about the rightful ratio of labor to rest will establish a certain work ethic. That work ethic - our attitude about the amount of labor we are willing to commit to future fortune - will determine how substantial or how meager that fortune turns out to be.” HardPhilosophyCertainTurnsAttitudeQualityOur LivesWillingHard WorkAmountActivityEthicsLaborFortuneDetermineCommitWork EthicRatios Author:Jim Rohn
“The people that lend you money basically give you an answer based on the risk that they are willing to take. But just because a bank is willing to take a particular risk doesn't mean that that is the right amount for me to spend.” PeopleGivingMeanAnswersRiskParticularWillingAmount Author:Dan Ariely
“After explaining why you're in trouble, ask the creditor if the company would be willing to accept a smaller amount. Start negotiations at about 30% of the total amount due, with the end goal of paying 50%.” IfsEndsWould BeAsksGoalCompanyAcceptingTroubleWillingAmountDuesNegotiationExplainingCreditors Author:Jean Chatzky
“We have consciousness and rational powers but unless you're willing to spend the time to gain control of yourself, gain control of your emotions, to think deeply about what you want in a year or two, or where you want your business to be, you're going to be swept away by every new event that occurs in the course of the day or the week and the small amount of time that you plan, that you address to conscious planning, is never enough to overcome the constant tide of emotions and new things happening.” ThinkingWantYearsTwoEnoughCoursesEmotionConsciousnessPlansWeekEventsWillingAmountHappeningsConsciousGainsOvercomingConstantWhat You WantPlanningThings HappenRationalAddressesBe YouTidesNew ThingsSwept AwaySmall Amounts Author:Robert Greene