Customary though it may be to write about that institutionalized pastime as though it existed apart from the general environment, my story does not lend itself to such treatment. Curt Flood
Even though there are a lot of bright tennis players out there, you still have to protect yourself and save all your mental and emotional energies for tennis. Chris Evert
I always try to act as though there is a little boy or a little girl around, and I try never to do anything that would give them a bad example. Steve Garvey
I was a bratty little sister. I was the youngest of three, and I often felt as though I didn't fit in. Dorothy Hamill
People talk about retiring. I never said that r-word. People though I went away after the Olympic Games. I took time off to do something I've always wanted to be - a mother. Gail Devers
Above all, though, children are linked to adults by the simple fact that they are in process of turning into them. For this they may be forgiven much. Children are bound to be inferior to adults, or there is no incentive to grow up. Philip Larkin
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.Lord Chesterfield
All though I didn't meet him. His legend and his saga and his story is just that. Jackie Robinson, we all have to tip our hat to him. Because he made the game available to guys like me. Dave Winfield
Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.plato
As a matter of a fact, though, I've never actually played a video game where I've played as myself. Ronnie Lott
Basically, as a leader, I try not to make any mistakes, because there's a lot of people watching even though you don't think so. Rau Shee Warren
Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was his last day. Branch Rickey
Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act.Lord Chesterfield
Deep in my heart it still feels like I'm a journalist even though I haven't worked for a paper and carried a press pass for 14 years. Michael Connelly
Denial exists because human infants, though equipped with trust-o-meters, are built to trust, blindly and absolutely, any older person who wanders past. Martha Beck
Even though I enjoy that head-to-head competition part, one of the things that drove me to long track was if I won or if I lost I want to know it's all on my shoulders and it didn't have anything to do with anybody else. Bonnie Blair
Even though I left for a year, I grew here as a Jazz man. If I'm fortunate enough to go into the Hall of Fame, I will go as a Jazz man. Karl Malone