In Jamaica High School in New York, my coach was Larry Ellis, and he said I could probably make the Olympic team. He gave me something to shoot for. Bob Beamon
I think track is still one of the most exciting participant sports, but we haven't been able to capitalize on that excitement through television and the print media.Bob Beamon
There comes a time when you have to shut it off, let it go, and say it's not going to happen. Art Shell
In Britain I'm sometimes regarded as a suspiciously Europeanized writer, who has this rather dubious French influence. Julian Barnes
Books say: she did this because. Life says: she did this. Books are where things are explained to you, life where things aren't. Julian Barnes
What's more enchanting than the voices of young people, when you can't hear what they say? Logan Pearsall Smith
Those who set out to serve both God and Mammon soon discover that there isn't a God. Logan Pearsall Smith
I had some friends here from North Carolina who'd never seen a homer, so I gave them a couple. Catfish Hunter