Dreaming means 'rehearsing' what you see, playing it over and over in your mind until it becomes as real to you as your life right now. Emmitt Smith
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances. Mahatma Gandhi
Every day after I wake up, I think, 'Wait... this can't be real; I'm still going to wake up.' Michael Phelps
First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money. Jack L. Chalker
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service. John Burroughs
For dinner I want real sushi - not the Americanized kind. My parents are American Samoan so I don't go for any of those rolls. I'll have raw prawn or sea urchin or octopus. I love it. Junior Seau
For me, a good thriller must teach me something about the real world. Thrillers like 'Coma,' 'The Hunt for Red October' and 'The Firm' all captivated me by providing glimpses into realms about which I knew very little - medical science, submarine technology and the law. Dan Brown
Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. Jesse Owens
God is an immensity, while this disease, this death, which is in me, this small, tightly defined pedestrian event, is merely and perfectly real, without miracle - or instruction. Harold Brodkey
Good pitchers, after a tough outing, bounce back. Real good pitchers don't let too many poor games get in there. Don Cooper
He isn't a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities. William Feather
History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.Karl Heinrich Marx
How many times do you take yourself to the brink of complete collapse? It's not a real fun place to go. Bryan Clay
Hugh Wilson made it so real and he took us and it was almost when he was directing it, the way he would do it was funnier than the way we did it. And I just developed a regard for him that was unbelievable. Bubba Smith
Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life. Willie Stargell
I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been self inflicted. Harlan Coben