I got to 285-290 (pounds) my junior year, ... That is when I hit my ideal weight. I was quicker, stronger and faster. But it was more of a mental confidence boost than anything.
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Related It was during his junior year when he really made some progress and people started to take notice. I... LEN LUEDTKE It was more mental than anything. She got in my head and I shouldn't have let her, but I did. I was ... LAIME CONTRERAS Out of high school, I was, like, 202-205 pounds. My rookie season, I was, like, 245; my second year,... VON MILLER I moved down a weight and I feel great. At this weight (134 pounds), I'm a lot faster and actually f... JAIME CLAMPITT This is Division I. When I was at junior college they didn't hit like that. I left my feet. I slowed... CLINTON POLK It hit me when we got out there what we were trying to do. It hit me, and I never got through the me... JENNY PETRIE I started to put on weight when I was about four and a half and it got really bad when I was around ... CARNIE WILSON They did a great job. I'm stronger and faster than I was last year. NICK ARMENT I felt pressure coming to the last hole. All I was looking for was a par. But the way I hit the shot... ROD PAMPLING I just looked at my opponent and envisioned what I had to do and got it done for the team. I came in... CHRIS WESTON My runs were pretty good. I'm a lot faster than I was last season, and I'm still building up more sp... GARY EDWARDS It was a mental victory more than anything else. I am very proud of my team because it is very, very... CARLOS ALBERTO PARREIRA I don't think he's ever satisfied with how he played, and he played very well, ... He's much stronge... BARRY ALVAREZ I'd probably say my biggest yo-yo was when I was finishing up my senior year of college. I lost ... AL ROKER There wasn't anything physically wrong. I hit a professional wall. My swing got sideways. I was off ... BRET BOONE My junior year was a stepping stone to my senior season. That was my first full season running. I kn... A.J. ELLISON My world was completely different to other boys my age. When I was six I was earning money, and by 1... AARON JOHNSON Last year it was just a shock that I was going, because I didn't make the cut (my sophomore year). F... KRIS HUSNICK I have more self-confidence than I did when I was in my 20s. ELEANOR MONDALE Truthfully, I was kind of disappointed. I was hoping I would have swam faster. I was at my peak last... STEVE KLABAK My goal was to keep my average above .290. As long as I did that, I was happy. BRIAN FINEGAN Shonn's probably a bigger, stronger runner than we've had in six years here. I was a little concerne... KIRK FERENTZ When I went to college, I went to a junior college. I wanted to go to the University of Alabama but ... DEONTAY WILDER It was hard at first knowing I couldn't get on the court. But I learned so much by practicing and wa... AUDRA JEFFERS I think I got more confident after my freshman year because of the playing experience I got when Kat... KATELYN MARTIN I was about 10 when I got into nuclear science. That was when that spark hit me. It took a few years... TAYLOR WILSON I'd say my [problems] were indecision more than anything else. When I looked back on the mistakes th... JASON TERRY In school I was pretty quiet. Kinda shy until my junior year. But at home I was a freak. DANE COOK My goals were to get stronger and faster, ... And to have more focus. The way I trained this summer,... DAVID HERRON My bunker shot was made easier when Jim didn't hit it close. If I just hit it on the green, I win th... WES SHORT JR I got into acting my junior year of high school. We got a new hot drama teacher and I was like '... MILES TELLER I had a pretty big sophomore year and I think my junior year I was struggling the first month or so ... CONOR JACKSON I lived on my own when I was living in New York City when I was 18, working on a show. And that defi... ALEXANDRA CHANDO I have more self-confidence than I did when I was in my 20s. There was a point when I almost gave up... ELEANOR MONDALE When I was a freshman, I used to lose my cool when someone got a hit, but now, I'm better at control... AMANDA BAUGHMAN I was always shocked when I went to the doctor's office and they did my X-ray and didn't find that I... NICOLAS CAGE My first show was when I was a high school freshman, but it was at the junior class dance. My older ... FRANK IERO I feel a lot stronger at the end of my races this year. And I have a lot more confidence in my stren... ALLYSON FELIX I did my best work in The Mosquito Coast. I know it wasn't such a big hit, but for me it was more me... RIVER PHOENIX All I could do was pump my Michael Jordan fist, ... You know, when Michael Jordan hit that last shot... RONALD ALLEN I got Type 1 diabetes at 30. It hit me in 1982 when I was a White House Fellow in Washington. I had ... CLAYTON CHRISTENSEN I got the F-bomb my first day on the job. I was still stuttering around and scared and hadn't said m... ANDREW NIELSON I was taking electives, and that branched into theater. Theater led to me taking a break during the ... WES BROWN I was born to hit a baseball. I can hit a baseball. BARRY BONDS When I hit it, I hit it well. I saw [Brown], and he kind of stopped, and in my head I was figuring, ... FRANK CATALANOTTO When I hit my 20s, I struggled to make it. I got married at 19, and my daughter, Je'Niece, was b... BERNIE MAC It feels good. It was cool. I came out of a slump today. ... It was nice to hit and get my confidenc... LEAH SAKHITAB I was an amateur wrestler, which I loved. It was my passion, but I started really late; I was a juni... DAVE BAUTISTA I was a little rusty and nervous. But I got focused and hit 11. I'd been telling my parents I was ti... JEN NICHOLS I thought it was Ball Four and that it hit my jersey. At first I was kind of mad, but then I saw fas... CRAIG GENTRY I was born in Fayette County, over in Lexington, Kentucky, but I was raised most of my life in Paint... CHRIS STAPLETON I'm still riding the confidence. I'm just enjoying myself so much more. The weight off my shoulders ... JASON BOHN I played fullback my junior year and tailback my senior year. It was a power-I offense. I was blocki... JACOBE KENDRICK I'm probably not 100 pounds anymore, but around there. I definitely got obsessed with my weight.... DANICA PATRICK I grew up in postwar Germany. It was the opposite of the American West. The West became in my mind t... WIM WENDERS It feels a little different now. Last year, I was a junior, but it was my first year on the offensiv... CHARLES SPENCER There was a rumor I was walking around at 183 pounds. When I left my room to fight Conor McGregor, I... NATE DIAZ I get my confidence after I hit one. Luckily I came in and hit a couple more. The whole team was on ... BREEZY GUYMON I did my best work in The Mosquito Coast. I know it wasn't such a big hit, but for me it was mor... RIVER PHOENIX The issue of gender was never my biggest concern; my biggest concern was doing good work. When the f... PATTI SMITH I don't know what cancer did to me but I put on probably 10 pounds of muscle and got a lot stron... ERIC SHANTEAU Though my mental illness is more likened to a big, nasty green monster than something heart-wrenchin... JACQUELYN NICOLE DAVIS From 19 to 28 there was a lot of turmoil in my life, but in a stuck way. Then, around 28, my life st... ALICIA SILVERSTONE I felt like it was a big enough moment in the game where we needed to get something going. Right whe... JEFF FRANCOEUR She was in a good position but (Proposed) had quicker acceleration than my filly. I think that was t... EDGAR PRADO Soccer definitely helped with my conditioning, and I felt like I got quicker. This year it was diffe... JEFF RYAN I freak out if I go a little too long without being in the gym. For a long time it was all about get... NICK CARTER 38. “A wet bird never flies at night.” (My grandfather said that to me when I was a child and wa... JAMES C. DOBSON When I took my first job, I was among only a handful of women. It was isolating at times. My love fo... PADMASREE WARRIOR I was always shocked when I went to the doctor's office and they did my X-ray and didn't fin... NICOLAS CAGE When I wrote 'Green, Green,' it was like a really a statement of where I was at philosophica... BARRY MCGUIRE I put more effort into doing it. I know I can do it now. I'm a lot stronger than I was when I got he... JENNIFER HUMPHREY When I hit my 20s, I took a chill pill and relaxed because throughout my teens I was churning out an... VANESSA MAE When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figu... WAYNE GRETZKY It was bad timing on my part. I was on a good roll and looking to finish the season strong. Things h... JASON JENNINGS My round was just steady today. I hit every green and gave myself a lot of chances. HEATHER BOWIE I got my green card and everything through my work, even before marriage or anything like that, so y... CAMILA ALVES I just took her heart away from her right away. I was doing the feints, trying to get her out of her... JAIME CLAMPITT So when I told my parents I wanted to go into acting because I was flunking out of my first year of ... DUSTIN HOFFMAN I just felt like reflecting on my junior year, when I didn't know what I was doing, I left a lot of ... MARCUS ALLEN That was 23 seconds faster than my time from last year, CRAIG MILLER A lot of schools recruited me late because I played junior varsity my junior year. I went to a camp ... HERBERT HILL It was more of a confidence-level boost than increasing his ability. He's a good goaltender, but mor... DAVE ESSE I think my condition is better than it was last year when I started back. ALEXANDRE DESPATIE I really thought I needed a 4 to tie. I hit a good drive to be able to go for the green in two, and ... PHIL MICKELSON I was happier when it was 3-0. My pulse was going a little faster by the end of that one. JIM LEYLAND There was a disturbance in my heart, a voice that spoke there and said, I want, I want, I want! It h... SAUL BELLOW That's exactly what Dale Sr. was going to do. It was, 'When I quit, I've got somewhere to go. I've s... RICHARD PETTY I feel very, very comfortable. Last year, this was a tough meet for me and I was discouraged. I knew... JEFF MONTAGUE It was great. I didn't think I would scream that loud. It was a harder weight class than last year. ADAM FITTERER I came out harder than ever. I told myself it's not going to happen again. I stayed focused on the g... EMERY WALLACE In my head, I was figuring, 'I thought I hit it better than that,' FRANK CATALANOTTO “In the last match, I didn't like the way (Both) rode by legs, but I was giving up 10 pounds to... JUSTIN BAKER This year I felt like they had a better team than us. This was a tougher team to play than the ones ... GREG NERO I felt better last year than I felt today. I didn't really feel it. I probably missed nine or 10 to ... DAVID HADDAD I knew it was going to go far when I hit it, but I didn't know how far. Once I got around second and... LAUREN GIBSON That was probably what got my back up more than anything, was to have their coach standing on the ba... RICKY PONTING It wasn't a secret that I was gay. I'd come out to my parents during my junior year of high ... MARY CHENEY My name is James Edward Franco. Ted is a nickname for Edward. That's what my parents called me. ... JAMES FRANCO When it comes to boys and her weight, I think Ellenor is much more conservative than I am, and she h... CAMRYN MANHEIM
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MARCUS AURELIUS I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet ... MARCUS AURELIUS Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking. MARCUS AURELIUS If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I see... MARCUS AURELIUS Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,bu... MARCUS AURELIUS Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. MARCUS AURELIUS Each day provides its own gifts MARCUS AURELIUS Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content wit... MARCUS AURELIUS Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, wh... MARCUS AURELIUS Owners of valuable works of art don't give to institutions that don't provide good air condi... STANLEY MARCUS I think it's very expensive to not eat healthy. Eating healthy is the only affordable option we ... MARCUS SAMUELSSON I came into this environment where there was so much love, so much positive energy. I never heard my... MARCUS SAMUELSSON Catholicism has the clerical equivalent to a nut allergy - even a small exposure to change, and the ... MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE People are the core of every business. Businesses are based on relationships, and relationships are ... MARCUS LEMONIS I don't distinguish the music I listen to from great music - it's just music. There shouldn&... MARCUS SAMUELSSON There shouldn't be an announcement that divides our food between what tastes good and what is go... MARCUS SAMUELSSON The Sixties are most generously described as a time when people took part - when they stepped out of... GREIL MARCUS Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the n... MARCUS AURELIUS The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, ... MARCUS AURELIUS Strengths are not activities you're good at, they're activities that strengthen you. A stren... MARCUS BUCKINGHAM These 'lone wolves,' people like to call them, you've got to look at them not like a lon... MARCUS LUTTRELL Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatu... MARCUS AURELIUS You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. MARCUS AURELIUS How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. MARCUS AURELIUS God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves w... MARCUS GARVEY I love Thanksgiving because it's a holiday that is centered around food and family, two things t... MARCUS SAMUELSSON It's a special person - and personality - who can lead a start-up to soaring success and sustain... MARCUS BUCKINGHAM Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears. MARCUS AURELIUS When I get the chance to make my favorite breakfast on the weekend, I often choose to make pancakes. MARCUS SAMUELSSON A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without root... MARCUS GARVEY Anger cannot be dishonest. MARCUS AURELIUS There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty. MARCUS GARVEY