I learned to skate in our garage. We lived in the country in Florida, it was sort of farmish, and there was no cement anywhere else. Vert skating was the kind of skating that was done in pools, where you could get airborne and be weightless. The other style, which is what I did, was called free style, which was tricks you could do on flat ground. Rodney Mullen
I can't complain about my life. I have a really nice life. I have a great family and I live in a gorgeous part of the country. Mary Decker
I feel like I'm capable of doing so many things to help people around the country and the world. Derek Fisher
I have always thought that being a good American is appreciating the world, not just your own country. Johnny Weir
I love Broadway. And, I listen to country music, which I think a lot of people find surprising. Bryan Clay
I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment. Gail Devers
Just look at the great Nelson Mandela. He came out of prison and saved his entire country. Some of the best people in the world have spent time in prison. George Foreman
People have been killing because of racial differences since the time of Adam and Eve, but in this country racism has been primarily aimed at African Americans. Bob Cousy
That's what makes the Ryder Cup in golf so much better than the Masters or the U.S. Open. To be a part of something that is not about personal achievement, but about representing everyone and sharing it with the whole country, it's wonderful. Scott Hamilton
A country, community, or organization may fall behind if the right people are not given the respect, responsibility, and dignity they deserve.Pran Krishna Paul
A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle. George William Curtis
A playwright lives in an occupied country. And if you can't live that way you don't stay. Arthur Miller
A quarter of America is a dramatic, tense, violent country, exploding with contradictions, full of brutal, physiological vitality, and that is the America that I have really loved and love. But a good half of it is a country of boredom, emptiness, monotony, brainless production, and brainless consumption, and this is the American inferno. Italo Calvino
A quarter of America is a dramatic, tense, violent country, exploding with contradictions, full of brutal, physiological vitality, and that is the America that I have really loved and love. But a good half of it is a country of boredom, emptiness, monotony, brainless production, and brainless consumption, and this is the American inferno. Italo Calvino
Afraid no, I wasn't afraid but it was an unusual thing, it was an unusual feeling. It was an unusual atmosphere for me having grown up in this country and, and, and never seeing anything like that. Ralph Boston
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. Oscar Wilde