Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. Epicurus
As women professional athletes, you have to have respect for every player and individual. Beyond that, it doesn't matter what your interests are. People can have their own lives. Hope Solo
I always thought that there was going to be life after baseball, and so I designed that in my life I would have other interests after baseball that I would be able to step into. And I didn't realize the grip that baseball had on me and on my family. Nolan Ryan
I can still play this game at a high level; I've proven that. I want to be home. I want to be close to my family. I want to be close to my foundation and my business interests. Alonzo Mourning
I don't know that I've ever been someone who's interested in existing on tour. I have a lot of interests and a lot of other things that excite me. Andy Roddick
I need a life outside of soccer. So I very much welcome, you know, new love interests and dating and friends and family. Hope Solo
I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors. Cicero
I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no depth, no intelligence. Barry Zito
I would like to attribute my range of interests to being an independent intellectual, but although I'm independent, I'm not sure I qualify as an intellectual. Basically, I'm an old-fashioned amateur. Anne Fadiman
I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an audience. Jonathan Carroll
I'm an ecumenical reader, grew up with all sorts of fiction, teach writing, went to the Iowa Writers' Workshop, so my tastes and interests are broad. Justin Cronin
I'm not Carl Lewis the athlete any more. I'm growing into a new person with new interests and new goals. Carl Lewis
It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction. Doris Lessing
Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he has created through his past ways of life, with all those material interests and earthly ambitions. Sai baba
My only advantage as a reporter is that I am so physically small, so temperamentally unobtrusive, and so neurotically inarticulate that people tend to forget that my presence runs counter to their best interests. Joan Didion
Once social media was introduced, it enabled a new way for people, particularly the younger generation, to connect with one another, based on common interests, goals and even values. Raymond Arroyo