It's not about, 'Let me play as long as I can so I don't have to grow up.' It's about, 'Let me play as long as I enjoy it,' and when it's time to step away, I can step away gracefully even if I'm still good enough to keep playing, because I'm ready for that next phase. Angela Ruggiero
It's not at all uncommon for a writer to get a ton of publicity for one book and then not get as much for the next one. I don't worry about that because I try to worry about the one single part of the job I can control: the writing of the book. If I do that well, I feel, good tidings generally will follow and readers will stick with me. Jeff Abbott
It's not something to complain about, but just the major difference between college and the pros is that in college you're guaranteed four to five years so long as you don't do anything criminally and in the pros you're guaranteed one day because you can be cut the next. Robert Griffin iii
It's really been a better situation for me being with the Crush than it would if I were with the Broncos because this has given me a lot more broad range. John Elway
It's really ironic that I won, because that's not the goal that I had in mind when I went out to skate. Sarah Hughes
It's sad, actually, because my anxiety keeps me from enjoying things as much as I should at this age. Amanda Seyfried
It's so funny that people specify that year because in a way it was the biggest battle for me health wise. Brady Anderson
It's so hard to express yourself, because swimmers are pretty much paying attention to a black line for hours out of a day. Ryan Lochte
It's tough growing up where I grew up. My family is very small and really tight. Just being around the neighborhood, my brothers were always around. I didn't want to be in any trouble because I knew my mom or brothers would find out. I didn't want to hurt their feelings. I just tried to do everything right. Derrick Rose
It's tough now to meet a girl who wants to hang out with you because she likes your personality - who hasn't seen you on TV and is like, 'Hey!'Shaun White
It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. Harry Mathews
Iwas not a reader at all, not until I discovered 'The Hobbit.' That changed my life. It gave me the courage to read. It led me to the 'Lord of the Rings' series. And once I'd read that, I knew I could read anything because I had just read thousands of pages. Richard Paul Evans
Just because I believed in what I was doing on the field and dedicated myself to playing the game, does that mean I'm cocky? Does that mean I'm arrogant? Rickey Henderson
Just because I worked in fashion doesn't mean I didn't go to see 'Underworld' three times! Melissa de la Cruz
Just because I'm undersized and under-this and under-that, I've still been a good football player since I was little. Wes Welker
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.Thomas Alva Edison
Just because we are in wheelchairs doesn't mean we can't play a fast-paced, full-contact sport. Mark Zupan
Just because you didn't start out perfect doesn't mean you can't have an excellent result in the end. Debi Thomas
Just because you say something doesn't make it controversial, and it doesn't make you a bad person.Charles Barkley