Last night I missed two free throws which would have won the game against the best team in the state. The farm town high school I play for is nicknamed the "Indians, " and I'm probably the only actual Indian ever to play for a team with such a mascot. This morning I pick up the sports page and read the headline: INDIANS LOSE AGAIN.Go ahead and tell me none of this is supposed to hurt me very much. Sherman Alexie
Running isn't a sport for pretty boys.. It's about the sweat in your hair and the blisters on your feet. Its the frozen spit on your chin and the nausea in your gut. It's about throbbing calves and cramps at midnight that are strong enough...
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Paul Maurer
Many people say I'm the best women's soccer player in the world. I don't think so. And because of that, someday I just might be.
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Mia Hamm
With a hint of good judgment, to fear nothing, not failure or suffering or even death, indicates that you value life the most. You live to the extreme; you push limits; you spend your time building legacies. Those do not die.
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Criss Jami
The problem with winter sports is that -- follow me closely here -- they generally take place in winter.
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Dave Barry
The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.
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John Bingham
More Quotes By Sherman Alexie
He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.
What kind of life can you have in a house without books?
I used to think the world was broken down by tribes, ' I said. 'By Black and White. By Indian and White. But I know this isn't true. The world is only broken into two tribes: the people who are assholes and the people who...
Read. Read 1000 pages for every 1 page that you write.
