“Obviously there are not too many people who get a chance to play in the Olympics in their hometown. That would be something special, but going into the summer you have to be realistic with yourself, and health-wise and motivation-wise you have to be willing to do what it takes.” PeoplePlayWould BeMotivationChanceWiseSpecialWillingSummerRealisticOlympicsSomething SpecialHometown Author:Joe Sakic
“It's always a lot more fun as a quarterback if you can do things you don't normally get to do. So if I can catch a pass and make a play for the team, that's what I'm willing to do.” IfsI CanPlayFunCan DoTeamWillingQuarterback Author:Robert Griffin III
“The Muslim community should not be treated as a problematic community, but treated as a community that is willing to play its role in the mainstream.” ShouldPlayCommunityRolesWillingCommunicationTreatedMainstreamMuslim Community Author:Iqbal Sacranie
“If you want to play the game and win, you've got to play 'full out.' You've got to be willing to feel stupid, and you've got to be willing to try things that might not work - and if they don't work, be willing to change your approach. Otherwise, how could you innovate, how could you grow, how could you discovery who you really are?” IfsWantFeelsTryingPlayMightMotivationalGamesWinningGrowsStupidWillingApproachDiscoveryWilling To TryWilling To Change Author:Tony Robbins
“I just do what I feel and what I like. I don't necessarily censor or feel an obligation to have a particular moral standard - I'm willing to wallow in the mud, if necessary. It appears as if there seems to be a consistency in result, but maybe that has as much to do with the roles I choose as it does with how I play them. I do what pleases me.” IfsFeelsDoePlaySeemsResultsMoralRolesParticularWillingPleaseStandardsObligationConsistencyMudPlease Me Author:Denzel Washington
“I honestly believe, and I've said it many times, that the universal stems from the specific and I can't walk around with a performance and ask everyone how they feel about it, but if noble is an opinion that people have I'll accept that. I've been asked many times why I don't play bad guys, or heavies, and I would do it, absolutely, in a second, just haven't been offered any so... if anybody has a script out there tonight I'm more than willing.” PeopleIfsFeelsBelieveSaidI CanPlayGuyAsksWalksAcceptingOpinionHavensWillingPerformancesUniversalScriptsNobleHonestlyTonightStemBad Guys Author:Denzel Washington
“If you believe in the values of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, if you're willing to work hard and play by the rules, you are part of our family. And we're proud to be with you.” IfsBelieveHardPlayValuesRightsWillingHard WorkProudConstitutionIndependenceBillsOur FamilyDeclarationIf You BelieveDeclaration Of IndependenceBill Of Rights Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995
“Jesus said, "Any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:33). We must honestly face the question, "Am I willing to give up a certain practice or habit that is keeping me from holiness?" It is at this point of commitment that most of us fail. We prefer to dally with sin, to try to play with it a little without getting too deeply involved.” GivingTryingLittlesDoeSaidPlayFacesCertainJesusSinPracticeFailingWillingHabitInvolvedGiving UpCommitmentHonestlyHolinessDiscipleNot Giving UpLuke Book:The Pursuit of Holiness Source: The Pursuit of Holiness
“The intelligent have a right over the ignorant, namely, the right of instructing them. The right punishment of one out of tune, isto make him play in tune; the fine which the good, refusing to govern, ought to pay, is, to be governed by a worse man; that his guards shall not handle gold and silver, but shall be instructed that there is gold and silver in their souls, which will make men willing to give them every thing which they need.” MenNeedsGivingSoulPlayPayEducationResponsibilityWillingFineOughtGoldIntelligentPunishmentHandleIgnorantTunesSilverGold And Silver Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Believing in yourself and being willing to do anything, to walk through the fire, to do what it is that you want to do. Getting out of that car accident covered with blood to play the gig . . . I mean, that's me. That's just me.” WantBelieveMeanPlayWalksFireBloodCarWillingAccidentsBelieve In YourselfCoveredGigsCar Accident Author:Madonna Ciccone
“Whether that's an action film or a comedy or a drama or anything in between, I'm willing to prove that I can play with the big boys.” I CanPlayBigsActionFilmBoysComedyWillingDramaProveAction Films Author:Sasha Grey
“I think television is one of the last real bastions of the white beauty standard, but still in many industries the workers can be replaced by someone who's willing to play the game or who looks like the person in charge. And this is a problem for all women, not just women of color.” ThinkingLooksPersonsStillsRealPlayProblemLastsGamesWhiteTelevisionColorWillingIndustryStandardsWorkersReplaced Author:Jami Floyd
“While it is tempting to play it safe, the more we're willing to risk, the more alive we are. In the end, what we regret most are the chances we never took.” EndsPlayChanceAliveRiskWillingRegretSafeTempting Author:Kelsey Grammer
“Entrepreneurs embody the promise of America: the idea that if you have a good idea and are willing to work hard and see it through, you can succeed in this country. And in fulfilling this promise, entrepreneurs also play a critical role in expanding our economy and creating jobs.” IfsIdeasCountryHardPlayJobsAmericaRolesEconomyWillingHard WorkPromiseSucceedCreatingEntrepreneurCriticalGood IdeasFulfillingExpandingCreating Jobs Author:Barack Obama
“It [the free market] is an organizational way of doing things, featuring openness, which enables millions of people to cooperate and compete without demanding a preliminary clearance of pedigree, nationality, color, race, religion, or wealth. It demands only that each person abide by voluntary principles, that is, by fair play. The free market means willing exchange; it is impersonal justice in the economic sphere and excludes coercion, plunder, theft, protectionism, and other anti-free market ways by which goods and services change hands.” PeopleWayMeanPersonsPlayHandsWealthJusticeRacePrinciplesMillionsEconomicColorWillingDemandFairsGoodsOpennessSpheresFree MarketTheftNationalityCoercionPlunderOrganizationalGoods And ServicesFair PlayPedigreeProtectionismClearance Author:Leonard Read
“I am willing to remain and play the man's game if there are not enough boats for more than the women and children. Tell my wife I played the game straight out and to the end. No woman shall be left aboard this ship because Ben Guggenheim is a coward.” IfsMenChildrenEndsEnoughPlayGamesLeftWifeWillingMy WifeShipsBoatCoward Author:Benjamin Guggenheim
“There should be a name for this, for the process whereby one knows one is being yanked and concedes it has been done successfully - that one is grateful to have been spun. In the theater, it is called the willing suspension of disbelief. That's what allows the play to make an impact on the audience: they have to be able to make believe that what's happening on the stage is really happening. Maybe to a degree it is a requirement for all political participation, all effective political communication, too.” KnowsShouldBelieveHas BeensDonePlayAblePoliticalNamesProcessAudienceStageWillingCommunicationDegreesHappeningsTheaterGratefulImpactRequirementsParticipationDisbeliefMake BelieveSpunSuspensionSuspension Of DisbeliefPolitical Participation Author:Peggy Noonan
“Well, I'd say that I'm mostly drawn to people who are genuine and willing to take a step to the unknown. So when I play with these people, usually there's this sense of that 'yes, we are doing it together right at this moment without any agenda' feeling which is so exciting! It means that there is this sense of trust, that whatever I throw in the music that's happening, they will make it work and send something to work with in my direction. Hopefully they feel the same about me.” PeopleFeelsWellsMeanPlayMomentsFeelingsTogetherStepsWillingHappeningsExcitingGenuineHopefullyAgendas Author:Okkyung Lee
“I never want to play down to the reader. I think readers are willing to go along if they're intrigued.” IfsThinkingWantPlayWillingReaderIntrigued Author:Joseph Boyden
“The great thing about [Michael] Jordan was that he made them want it just like he wanted it. And a lot of times like a lot of the basketball players, not to be getting on basketball, but, with a lot of the basketball players you might have one superstar on the team, and they're not willing to play up to par with the way he is, so they don't make it. But then you have some celebrities on the basketball team, and they don't know how to get along with each other!” KnowsWayWantMadePlayMightWantedKnow HowPlayerTeamWillingBasketballGreat ThingsJordanSuperstarBasketball PlayerBasketball Team Author:Ginuwine
“I realize that my opinion is my opinion, not everybody has to believe it and I never tried to shove anything down anyone's throat, but I was willing to take that to the trenches if you know what I mean. I took that opinion to the wall, often in public, often had to... I often had to fight in public with the very same people who I was trying to convince to play my records!” PeopleIfsKnowsTryingBelieveMeanPlayFightingRealizingOpinionRecordsWillingWallConvinceThroatTrenches Author:Bernie Finkelstein
“I don't really have any "must work withs," but I would never refuse if a celebrity or fellow musician came along who is willing to write or sing or play on a Lita song.” IfsWritingPlaySongWillingMusicianFellowsRefuse Author:Lita Ford
“In the normal play of our mind there are all sorts of perversions; hence the need to stop all these things and inculcate right thinking, right willing - in other words, Truth must be established.” ThinkingNeedsMindPlayWillingNormalPerversionThinking Right Author:Sri Aurobindo
“It's important to recognize the vital role that the financial markets play in our economy and that so many of you are contributing to. To function effectively those markets and the men and women who shape them have to command trust and confidence, because we all rely on the market's transparency and integrity. So even if it may not be 100 percent true, if the perception is that somehow the game is rigged, that should be a problem for all of us, and we have to be willing to make that absolutely clear.” IfsMenShouldMayImportantPlayProblemGamesRolesEconomyClearWillingHe ManIntegrityShapesPerceptionPercentMen And WomenFunctionFinancialCommandRelyTransparencyContributingFinancial MarketsRigged Author:Hillary Clinton
“I see how 14-year old girls react to me and I think I'm a good role model. Rockstar maybe not, but I'm willing to play with it for a little while, until my hair gets gray.” ThinkingYearsLittlesPlayGirlRolesWillingHairModelsGrayRole ModelsRockstarsGood Role Models Author:Emily Haines
“I don't think it's unfair to have writers. I think if you're going to do a roast on television, as if you were doing a play or you were reading a script of a movie, you would have the best possible material. And those are the people who score, the people who are willing to listen to the roasting experts and then come out there and own that material.” PeopleIfsThinkingPlayReadingTelevisionWillingMaterialsScriptsExpertsScoreUnfairRoasting Author:Jeff Ross
“We will never meet our own expectations of public education unless the federal government is willing to play a consistent, long-term role; unless education truly becomes a matter of national policy, not just a matter of national rhetoric.” LongMatterPlayGovernmentTermRolesPolicyWillingExpectationsLong TermConsistentRhetoricFederal GovernmentPublic Education Author:Carly Fiorina
“Kristina [Klebe] plays her character [in Don't Kill It] pretty straight, and because my character's so crazy and colorful, it works quite well. Kristina really loved the part, so she was very accommodating and willing to explore it and work hard.” WellsHardPlayCharacterCrazyWillingHard WorkColorful Author:Dolph Lundgren
“Adult characters are all the things they've encountered over time. But kids haven't accumulated all the life experience, all the regrets. They tend to be more in the moment, more willing to play, to be joyful.” PlayMomentsCharacterKidsHavensWillingRegretAdultsLife ExperienceJoyful Author:Viggo Mortensen
“Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.” WayLifePlayHandsMotivationalLife IsGamesInspiringDestinyWillingDetermineDeterminedCardsNationalismFree WillCoincidenceLife Is LikeDeterminismMy DestinyFreedom FighterLynchingPlaying CardsLife DestinyLife And DestinyCoincidence In LifePandit Author:Jawaharlal Nehru
“On average, people should be more skeptical when they see numbers. They should be more willing to play around with the data themselves.” PeopleShouldPlayNumbersWillingAverageDataSkeptical Author:Nate Silver
“No matter who you are, no matter what your color, creed, how you choose to pray or who you choose to love, that if you are an American - first generation or fifth - one who is willing to work hard, play by the rules and apply your God-given talents - that you should be able to find a job that pays the bills.” IfsShouldFirstsMatterHardPlayAbleJobsGivenPayGenerationsTalentColorWillingHard WorkPrayingNo Matter WhatBillsWho You AreYou ChooseCreedsFifthGod Given Talents Author:Cory Booker