Quote authors in 1959

Authors of 1959

Born or Deceased in 1959

Dave Allison

Dave Allison

Born :14 April 1959

Max Baer

Max Baer

Tribute :21 November 1959

Fred Couples

Fred Couples

Born :3 October 1959

Lee Haney

Lee Haney

Born :11 November 1959

Magic Johnson

Magic Johnson

Born :14 August 1959

Florance Griffith Joyner

Florance Griffith Joyner

Born :21 December 1959

Ronnie Lott

Ronnie Lott

Born :8 May 1959

John McEnroe

John McEnroe

Born :16 February 1959

Kevin Nash

Kevin Nash

Born :9 July 1959

Mike Singletary

Mike Singletary

Born :9 October 1959

Lawrence Taylor

Lawrence Taylor

Born :4 February 1959

Claude Williams

Claude Williams

Tribute :4 November 1959

John Bevere

John Bevere

Born :2 June 1959

Rick Bragg

Rick Bragg

Born :26 July 1959

Brian P.Cleary

Brian P.Cleary

Born :1 October 1959

Ben Okri

Ben Okri

Born :15 March 1959

Quotes of 1959

Quotes taken from the authors in 1959

I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed.

Florance Griffith Joyner

The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.

Florance Griffith Joyner

I used to be teased for the way I wore my hair at school. I used to do things like wear a different-colored sock on each leg.

Florance Griffith Joyner

Conventional is not for me. I like things that are uniquely Flo. I like being different.

Florance Griffith Joyner

If you want to run as fast as the men, you've got to train like the men.

Florance Griffith Joyner

I don't think there's a difference between writing for a newspaper or magazine and doing a chapter in a book.

People who think there is something pedestrian about journalism are just ignorant.

There are these boutique writers out there who think if they are not writing their novels sitting at a bistro with their laptops, then they're not real writers. That's ridiculous.

It is not unusual to send someone to conduct an interview you don't have time to conduct. It's what we do.

The best writers who have put pen to paper have often had a journalism background.

God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.

The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy.

When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.

If you're a competitive person, that stays with you. You don't stop. You always look over your shoulder.

Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.

We should reach out to people to try to go after the fans the way other sports do. Because we can't just depend on the fact that it is a great game.

The good part of having six kids is, there's always one who wants to hug you and say, 'Daddy, I love you.'

The only thing 'championship' about Wimbledon is its prestige.

I had a similar year back in 1984 when I felt like I couldn't lose.

I think the players, I put in the book for example that we should go back to wood rackets, probably they laughed at me, I'm a dinosaur, but I think that you see these great players, have even more variety and you see more strategy, there'd be more subtlety.