When I was a preteen, I got into singing, and became really obsessed with it. But then, of course, that didn't work out. Amanda Seyfried
When I was coming up as a kid, there were programs that kept me out of trouble and on the straight and narrow in South Central Los Angeles, and I always felt that when I got to a stage where I could provide similar opportunities to kids then I would do that. Warren Moon
When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two o'clock game. Where can you make this kind of money playing sports? It was just a pleasure to go out and enjoy myself and get paid for it. Willie Mays
When I was trying out for my first Olympics at 16, my family and coaches tried to regulate what I ate. But the stricter they got, the more I rebelled. Alicia Sacramone
When I was younger, I was a complete tomboy. Then in college I started emerging out of the tomboy stage and dressing differently. Hope Solo
When I went in, my editor said, 'I hope you don't think you're a writer.' And I said, 'I hope you don't think I'm a journalist.' And, uh, turned out we were both right. Julia Cameron
When I went to San Francisco in that cold late spring of 1967, I did not even know what I wanted to find out, and so I just stayed around a while and made a few friends. Joan Didion
When I wrote 'The Alexandria Link,' I discovered that we are only aware of about 10 percent of the knowledge of the ancient world. In the ancient world, most of the knowledge was destroyed. Every emperor of China who came in wiped out everything that came before them, to the point that the country completely forgot its past. Steve Berry
When I'm not training day in and day out I love to go out and dance, even though it is potentially in my contract that I'm not allowed to do that. Taylor Phinney
When I'm writing, I write all day. Other days, I sit around thinking. Or I run around from one meeting to another, out in the world. It varies, and I like that. Alain de Botton
When someone sets out to be controversial or provocative or shocking as an end in itself, I don't think that's a noble goal. Rob Bell
When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the senses amazingly. Virginia Woolf
When the time comes for your brain to process the information, the second word comes up faster than the first one. So when it's in your head, all of a sudden, it comes out backwards and you think of the word backwards. Bruce Jenner
When they ran out of cadre men they gave me my very own platoon and said, 'Here are 63 men, try to keep as many of them alive as you possibly can.' That was one of the more harrowing experiences of my life. David Eddings
When we got down to the Super Bowl in '85, against the Patriots, we're down there on the field checking things out. This helicopter flies overhead, probably taking pictures, and McMahon just moons it. He mooned the helicopter from the field. William Perry
When we played the Dodgers in St. Louis, they had to come through our dugout, and our bat rack was right there where they had to walk. My bats kept disappearing, and I couldn't figure it out. Turns out, Pee Wee Reese was stealing my bats. I found that out later, after we got out of baseball. He and Rube Walker stole my bats. Stan Musial
When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it's a good indication of what you're made of. H. Jackson Brown,Jr.
When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends.orson welles