All I ever wanted really, and continue to want out of life, is to give 100 percent to whatever I'm doing and to be committed to whatever I'm doing and then let the results speak for themselves. Also to never take myself or people for granted and always be thankful and grateful to the people who helped me. Jackie Joyner Kersee
All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to make money however I could to keep myself going in some modest way, and I didn't need much, I was unmarried at the time, no children. Paul Auster
All of those things had been talked about, suggested, rumored, as a manager and as a member of the Knicks organization, I couldn't allow myself to think that way or believe that. Isaiah Thomas
And I remember how proud I was to put on my training jersey and go out on the field. Making it back to that environment was for me my greatest moment, because somebody had told me I couldn't do it and I never gave up on myself, the game and my teammates. Brandi Chastain
And I tell you that's one of the reasons why I didn't have the friendships with the media, maybe like I could have. But I had to do what I had to do to make myself successful. Eddie Murray
And they know I didn't hold expectations for them like I do for myself. But I also tell them I'm not going to lower the expectations I do have for them because we're playing Division II. Cat Osterman
And why not death rather than living torment? To die is to be banish'd from myself; And Silvia is myself: banish'd from her Is self from self: a deadly banishment!William Shakespeare
As a kid in Fayetteville, N.C., I played golf all day, every day, a lot of it by myself. I spent hundreds of hours around the greens at Cape Fear Valley, the course my dad owned, hitting every shot I could think of - the one-hop-and-release, the chip that lands dead, the explosion from a bad lie. Raymond Floyd
As a matter of a fact, though, I've never actually played a video game where I've played as myself. Ronnie Lott
As a writer, I challenge myself not to tell the same story - to tackle different characters with different issues. Eric Jerome Dickey
As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake. Mark Twain
As for despair, it comes about when I have been a fool and hate myself and despair of my personality. I am prone to gloom, but not depression as such. Alain de Botton
As I've gotten older and grown more independent, I think for myself, and that's how it should be.Michelle Kwan
As long as I have that support from my team, and I have that confidence in myself that I train really hard, I think there's no one out there who can defeat me in my weight class. Nonito Donaire
As the member of a firefighter family myself, supporting the widowed families of rescue workers is an important, personal cause of mine. Mark Sanchez
At 6 years old, the ice became a place for me to express myself. Because I was so shy off the ice, it became my safe haven, with music and freedom and self-expression. That was my emotional outlet. Kristi Yamaguchi
At first I could not believe what I was reading. I got up from my seat and walked away, talking to myself that I may have found my mom. Reese Hoffa
At one of my lowest points, sugar had a painful grip on me. I'd buy/binge and then beat myself up over my behavior. Kris Carr
At the same time, it makes me feel like I have to prove myself to the new guys coming in as well as prove myself to the coaching staff, which is a good bit of motivation for me. Michael Strahan
At this point, if I were to psychoanalyze myself, I'd have to say I am a clown, cleverly disguised as a regular person. Tim Duncan