Just because I worked in fashion doesn't mean I didn't go to see 'Underworld' three times! Melissa de la Cruz
Just because you didn't start out perfect doesn't mean you can't have an excellent result in the end. Debi Thomas
Last year we had so many people coming in and out they didn't bother to sew their names on the backs of the uniforms. They just put them there with Velcro. Andy Van Slyke
Likewise, with solar, especially here in California, we're discovering that the 80 solar farm schemes that are going forward want to basically bulldoze 1,000 sq. mi. of southern California desert. Well, as an environmentalist, we would rather that didn't happen. Stewart Brand
Looking back now at my first World Cup experience, I didn't know what was going on. I was a newbie and I had no idea what to expect. Cobi Jones
Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did. James A.Baldwin
Mr. Arthur Ashe, he was good. I read some of his books. He knew about everything, but he was real quiet and didn't talk much. I never met him. Mike Tyson
My ambition didn't grow out of nowhere. It was planted in me by a community that nurtured me. Michael Eric Dyson
My dad had premature gray. I was always the one with the most energy, the one who continued to practice longer. I ran up and down the stairs of different stadiums. I didn't feel the need to cover up the fact that I was losing my hair or it was graying. When you're on a team, age is only a factor when you're talking in the locker room. Cal Ripken Jr
My dad played for a coal-mining team in eastern Ohio; he was a very good pitcher. If he hadn't hurt his arm, he probably would have got a shot somewhere. He hurt his arm one spring, didn't warm up good enough, couldn't throw a fastball anymore. Another coal miner taught him how to throw the knuckleball. Phil Niekro
My family was all police and hard hats at the refineries; they didn't know what to think about me. So I became a closet writer. Robert Crais
My father never wanted me to be a writer. He didn't - he came to terms with it maybe two years before he died. He wanted me to be a weather girl because when I was growing up, there were very few Latinas on television, and in the early '70s when you first started seeing Latinas on TV, they would be the weather girls.Sandra Cisneros
My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love. He just, he had a rough life. You know, he grew up in a boys home in the Bronx. He didn't really know his own family. So I couldn't hold it against him that he didn't know how to parent. He didn't know how to be the perfect husband. But he loved as much as he could. Hope Solo
My mother could never understand why I didn't write a thriller, which I've finally done. Harry Mathews
My parents didn't have a lot of money, but we never knew that. They really did the best they could. Dorothy Hamill
My relationships are based on personal reciprocity. Being a Dodger was a matter of heart, but in the end I felt they didn't want me. Steve Garvey
My ultimate goal is for that next generation coming up, who didn't see me play, go, 'Oh, he used to play football?' Michael Strahan
My work ethic came from my parents and my fear of failure. I came from a small, predominantly black school and I didn't want to let them down. Jerry Rice
No, I didn't forget Samoan - I understand it when you talk to me but, you know, to put phrases together I sound like I do in English. Junior Seau