The good Lord was good to me. He gave me a strong body, a good right arm, and a weak mind. Dizzy Dean
The hardest part is making the time to write. Not finding the time to write, mind you. Making. Carmen Agra Deedy
The hardest thing in golf is trying to two-putt when you have to, because your brain isn't wired that way. You're accustomed to trying to make putts, and when you change that mind-set, your brain short-circuits, especially under pressure. Ken Venturi
The mind is absolutely instrumental in achieving results, even for athletes. Sports psychology is a very small part, but it's extremely important when you're winning and losing races by hundredths and even thousandths of a second. Michael Johnson
The mind of the writer does indeed do something before it dies, and so does its owner, but I would be hard put to call it living. Annie Dillard
The only time I mind autographs is when I'm out with my family. You're trying to enjoy kids and grandkids and here comes a swarm, and there go your wife and kids. That happens to every celebrity. It's the price you pay. Billy Williams
The part of me which wanders through my mind and never sees or feels actual objects, but which lives in and moves through my passions and my emotions, experiences this world as a horrible nightmare. Jack Henry Abbott
The public doesn't mind people living together without being married, providing they don't overdo it. Marilyn Monroe
The state of mind of a fighter is so important. I don't like to see a fighter stay locked up in a room. Sometimes it works against them. They think and they worry. They dwell, sitting in that dark room. You come back and they're psyched out. I like to see boxers eat and then walk, mingle with people. You have to have a certain amount of movement. Emanuel Steward
The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.Napoleon Bonaparte
The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper whether little or great, it belongs to Literature. Willa Cather
The way I look at tricks is if I really have my mind set on one, I'm going to learn it until I can do it 10 or 20 times in a row. I want to perfect it. Ryan Sheckler
The ways in which a book, once read, stays (and changes) in the reader's mind are unpredictable. Julian Barnes
The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind. E.B.White