In preseason camp, there are no friends. when newcomers arrive trying to take not only your job, but maybe your best friend's job, you work together to try to help each other. Everyone is an outsider until you're given a uniform.Sue Wicks
In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson. Tom Bodett
Initially, I know that I handled it worse than she did and I think partly because I've always been... every bit of adversity I've faced up until the last year and a half is adversity I brought upon myself - or the opposing teams have given me. Brett Favre
It is my express wish that in awarding the prizes no consideration be given to the nationality of the candidates, but that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be Scandinavian or not.Alfred Nobel
It took me a while to figure that out and to realize what a gift that I had been given. And when I finally did, I dedicated myself to be the best pitcher I possibly could be, for as long as I possibly could be. Nolan Ryan
It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.' Ralph Waldo Emerson
It's an image that the media has given me as a bad girl, and the only reason they gave me that image is just because of the few things that have gone wrong in my life, and also because I grew up living in a trailer. Tonya Harding
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
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be givenMother Teresa
Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best. Michael Johnson
Obviously it's critical that the three cars are able to contribute to the program. I think that certainly has given much of the reason as to why we did so well at Indy over the last several years. Bobby Rahal
Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.Confucius
One of the nicest satisfactions you can have is to be able to give something back to your parents when they've given so much to you. Dwight Gooden
Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them. Jawaharlal nehru