Ever since freshman camp, he's been getting after me and stayed on top of me no matter what. He's going to do his best to make you the best player you can be. It's hard to accept sometimes, but when you look back at things, it helps you out. We've had our battles, but I wouldn't change it for the world.
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LEIGH BARDUGO In my mind and my heart, I feel like I'm the better player. But I feel like I'm better than anybody ... MARSHALL FAULK It's cool to deal in the good times, but let me see you face the bad times. Let me see how you take ... DAVID ORTIZ I just think that you have to believe in yourself and you have to work very hard. You can't ever... OCTAVIA SPENCER Being the BEST doesn't matter But what you do after being the BEST, matters the most!!!! VIPIN ONGALATHE You make the best out of it, you can. Nothing is ever as good or as bad as you think it will be. It'... NICHOLE CHASE Its hard to tell what the association is going to do. It doesn't really matter though, anyway you lo... HERMAN WALTON Every time hes supposed to be here, hes showed up, BRENDA JONES When the world turns its back on me, I'll turn my back against the world and look right at you,becau... JAMES MATHEWS GEORGE He makes everyone better, but he's especially good for me. He's been our most consistent player. ...... LANDON DONOVAN When I see you, the World stops. It stops and all that exists for me is you and my eyes staring at y... JAMES FREY You can be all that you want to be. Keep dreaming and reach out to your dreams. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA You look at things you enjoy in your life, but much more important is what you can do to make the wo... PAUL ALLEN Safe? What can be classified as safe? Everything we do in life has a risk. Just getting out of bed e... BRANDY NACOLE Shhh. Just listen. You, of all people. Listen to what Im saying. This...tonight...is the most wonder... JOJO MOYES To go back and look at it, a Super Bowl game, one of the best Super Bowls that's ever been played, a... BENJI OLSON To be the best is a choice you make on your own SOTONYE ANGA Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't compare yourself to others and or waste time crit... GERMANY KENT To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight th... E. E. 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