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When I started playing as a boy, a lot of people were asking, 'If you don't make it, what are you going to do?' But in my head, I was always repeating to myself, 'I'm going to become a football...

I can think of matches I played where I played one or two points perfectly, and that gave me a thrill.

I don't dabble and spend much mind or time dealing with, I don't know, people's perceptions of me. I truly don't.

They really do a disservice because these men and women came out of the Depression, they came out of the war.

I've heard from too many business leaders that they are having to look outside of Virginia to find workers with the right skills sets. That's unacceptable.

As a young player, you really don't know if players look up to you, and maybe you're not sure how to be in the locker room.

The move towards a unified agricultural market helps farmers get correct remuneration for their produce.

I speak from a black woman's perspective, and that's a specific perspective, but sometimes there are things I want to be understood by folks who may not have an entryway into that concept, so I have...

More and more job fields require some form of higher education, and the pressure is on for schools to adequately prepare our students to compete both nationally and globally and help drive economic...

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'Lord of the Flies' is one of my favorite books. That was a big influence on me as a teenager; I still read it every couple of years.

I was able to do nice things at 135, and came to 115 at the perfect time.

HIL boasts of a high-class list of players and coaches like Ric Charlesworth, Barry Dancer, etc.

I think the great thing about football, for me, is I need football.

I've known Al Franken for over 20 years. He is my friend. He was on the floor of the Senate announcing his resignation. I sat just a few feet away from him. He said it was the worst day in his...

I know the law... I am its greatest transgressor.

Obviously, when I signed for Middlesbrough, I was hoping that we would stay up and that I'd be a big player for them in the Premier League.

Well, success does not mean doing well.

I made my first album, and I guess it wasn't a fluke, because now I'm on my 16th.

People who have been successful in business have a huge amount to offer young people who are just starting out.

I never wanted to nap. I was always mature for my age. I wanted to put on a dress and look cute. Everyone else can nap, but I'm going to be a princess over here!

Elvis and I were very good friends. We were such good friends that, on the day that he passed, I was the first one his father called, to let me know what had happened.

The Olympic Games are always in the head of every sports athlete. We work for that.

I'm completely in love with my children, and I participate in their lives on every level.

When it comes to the best new artist, album, or song of the year, yes, it's very rare that you see someone in country win one of those. It's a very strong genre, and it's got roots so deep in our...

I do think deception... There's something kind of odd about tricking people for a living, but ultimately, it's a remarkably honest profession, when you think about it. If you violate that code, and...

We fought against the British not because of the color of their skin but also because of the exploitative character of their government.

A kid actor to an adult actor is a tricky one.

I think many parents who are not on tax credits have to make difficult decisions about how many kids they can have and how many kids they can afford.

There's a level of service that we could provide when we're just at Harvard that we can't provide for all of the colleges, and there's a level of service that we can provide when we're a college...

I didn't draw Angelina to be famous; I did it simply because I've always had to earn a living.

I can let go of a lot of stuff, but I focus on things I think I should, like dancing, because it takes 100 percent concentration on every step.

If you believe in journalism, you don't insult good journalists.