Some coaches are on power trips. I've never needed somebody to tell me I'm not working hard enough. Mark Warkentin
There's a cardinal rule that you don't talk about sharks. If you don't see it, it's not there. Mark Warkentin
I couldn't beat Michael Phelps. A couple of years ago, I was racing against him and it just kinda dawned on me during the race that there was no chance I was gonna beat this guy. And so I said, if you can't beat him, find a race that he won't swim. Mark Warkentin
As far as a guy like Ray Lewis is concerned, you know he's going to be around the ball all the time. Jamal Lewis
My first job out of college was as an editorial assistant in a New York publishing house. Being an editorial assistant is the purgatory would-be editors must endure before they can ascend the ladder and begin acquiring books on their own. I spent a year filing paperwork, writing copy, and typing rejection letters. Lincoln Child
Writing on your own is, in a way, a very lonely profession. There's no one there to help you. Lincoln Child
I can't listen to music while writing - any such distraction would have dreadful consequences. Lincoln Child
The funny thing about writing is I think a lot of people assume that you're sitting in a garret with a quill pen for hour after hour. Lincoln Child
For me, writing never gets easier. It's always hard work. It doesn't matter how many words you wrote the day before, or how many novels you've completed in the last decade: every day you start fresh again with that same blank page, or that same blank screen. Lincoln Child
I never really approach collaborations as kind of normal things where they're arranged and they happen because you've arranged them. I've always been like this, I just have friends I hang out with, and while we're hanging out, if music happens then it happens. James Blake
Dubstep has everything for me. Rhythm, sound design, heartfelt emotion - all in one place. James Blake
It really surprises me that people in this day and age still write such busy music and fill up every space with layer upon layer of sound... it's like musical landfill. James Blake
Badminton is not popular in the U.S. because I think the mentality of badminton has to change. Howard Bach