Dan Hill To be sure, boxing has always been, at best, a shady and sometimes cutthroat business, buttressed by hype and tomfoolery rivalling, at times, that of carnival circuses. – Dan Hill Boxing Quotes Business Quotes Buttressed Quotes Carnival Quotes Circuses Quotes Cutthroat Quotes Hype Quotes Rivalling Quotes Shady Quotes Times Quotes Tomfoolery Quotes Flipping through the ‘Toronto Star’ one day in 2008, I noticed a piece about a phenomenal boxer from the Philippines who had won several different titles in several different weight divisions. Manny Pacquiao’s rise from heart-crushing poverty to the top ranks of his sport was astounding. Blessed with Mom and Dad’s remarkable genes, raised on big words and big, iconoclastic attitudes, Larry and I, before entering kindergarten, knew who we were, what we wanted, and how we would get there.
Kate Klise One of the best essays I’ve seen in recent years was by a young woman who wrote about how being chosen to choreograph a high school musical forced her to assume a leadership role she wasn’t sure she was ready for – but of course she was. – Kate Klise
Lil Wayne Things I say have value and I would love for you to value them, however you get it. – Lil Wayne
Mike Posner I feel like my best music is still ahead of me, and I can’t wait for everyone to hear it. – Mike Posner
Cheryl Strayed One thing any backpacker will tell you is that it’s tedious and monotonous. You’re bored sometimes, so you really have to make the fun in your head. – Cheryl Strayed
Mario Gomez As a young player, national duty always felt kind of like… a duty. It was always there, it was normal, it was part of the job. – Mario Gomez
Charles A Beard The first session of the Congress of the United States under the Constitution was devoted principally to the problems of immediate revenues and administrative and judicial organization. – Charles A Beard
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