Quote authors in 1988

Authors of 1988

Born or Deceased in 1988

Kevin Durant

Kevin Durant

Born :29 September 1988

Ashton Eaton

Ashton Eaton

Born :21 January 1988

Carl Hubbell

Carl Hubbell

Tribute : 1988

Jeremy Lin

Jeremy Lin

Born :23 August 1988

Pete Maravich

Pete Maravich

Tribute :5 January 1988

Carly Patterson

Carly Patterson

Born :4 February 1988

Derrick Rose

Derrick Rose

Born :4 October 1988

Russell Westbrook

Russell Westbrook

Born :12 November 1988

Quotes of 1988

Quotes taken from the authors in 1988

I'm just trying to grow. That's one thing I told myself is, 'Don't worry about who people say is the best player.'

People always think women meet us in the hotel lobby, but it's the opposite. The majority of the time, you go out to eat with your teammates, then rest for the next day's game. It's not a vacation - most guys view the road as a business trip.

With everything I do, I just try to be myself.

I feel good doing it. It's not like guys are stripping me at half-court or I'm just losing the ball dribbling. I think I'm handling the ball pretty well, just trying to make good passes, man.

Every memory I had growing up was involving a basketball. I didn't go to the prom and stuff like that. It was always basketball for me.

There is nothing wrong with dedication and goals, but if you focus on yourself, all the lights fade away and you become a fleeting moment in life.

I accomplished what I set out to do, but I lost my discipline and my career.

It's hard when your father's the coach. Sometimes you don't know where one leaves off and the other begins.

My life had no meaning at all. I found only brief interludes of satisfaction. It was like my whole life had been about my whole basketball career.

I don't want to play 10 years and then die of a heart attack when I'm 40.

I thought I had gotten second, but I didn't, so I was really happy.

Carly Patterson

I guess I'm kind of used to it because it's always been that way for me.

Carly Patterson

The only thing I really, really want is for the U.S. to win again. Just to win another team gold. And, of course I would really want to win an all-around gold.

Carly Patterson

I think it helps me. You know, I've got two more meets under my belt, and that's always a good thing.

Carly Patterson

Well, first I have to make the team, of course.

Carly Patterson

I've always been a target. Everyone looks me and says, 'I'm not going to let that Asian kid embarrass me. I'm going to go at him.' That's how it's been my whole life.

I love my family, I love my relatives. One special request I have is for the media back in Taiwan to kind of give them their space because they can't even go to work without being bombarded and people following them.

I think right now the way society's going, I think role models are important, and kids need direction. If I didn't have that direction growing up, who knows what I could be doing, because I've been lost many times in my life, and I've had to have someone guide me back on the right path.

I have an economics degree with a minor in sociology. The reason I have that is because I want to do a ministry in urban areas and help with underprivileged kids.

You have to be wired a certain way to be a professional basketball player, and the way my body grew, something happened genetically that allowed me to become a lot more explosive.