I never ran with my dad. He was old-school. He had a whole different idea of training. He ran in steel-toed boots! But, of course, he's proud of me and proud of the boxer that I became.
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DUANE MCWHORTER He came here and he emerged and I didn't and that's all I heard, Fred this and Fred that, ... I was ... GERALD ANDERSON I knew I really made it when my dad saw me in London and after the performance he had no notes to me... JASON RITTER See, I was never a guy who had a whole heap of friends to belong to. Besides Greg Fienni, I never re... MARKUS ZUSAK My sensei was a British karate champion named Brian Fitkin. He was my mentor and because I had a har... DOLPH LUNDGREN He ran hurt, but he never complained once. That's just the type of kid he his. He made no excuses. CHAD NIGHTINGALE When my sister and I came along, my father's political life was completely over. He ran for pres... ANNE COX CHAMBERS My dad was all freaked out. But he was really proud at the same time. LISA TANZARELLO It wasn't as though he didn't have choices. He could have expanded his career, maybe further it with... BOB FULLER I love Vince McMahon. He came up with the Kurt Angle character. 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MARK BILLINGHAM That was the first time he told me he loved me and he was proud of me. He wasn't a very emotional ma... LARRY GARZA He was training better coming into this race than he did in the Sam Davis and he ran a big race. It ... TOM ALBERTRANI He never ran from personal pain, but he rushed to help you with yours, ... He was rabbi, priest, cha... BERNARD SHAW There was no question that he loved me, ... But he couldn't get the words out, 'I love you. Son, I r... GREG VAUGHN He'll never be here for me to grow old with. He was my life. He was my love. He was my heart and sou... ARMY SGT. He's just like my father that way-my father just adored my mother and let her do whatever she wa... JUNE CARTER CASH I've had two romances since moving to Las Vegas. One was with somebody 12 years older than me, a... HOLLY MADISON I gave him plenty of room at the hairpin...and he just ran into me. I don't know what happened, he w... SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS believed that his uncle ran the (training) camp that he attended and was 75 to 80 percent certain th... HAMID HAYAT My dad is my dad, but he's not there physically anymore. But she lets me call her 'Dad' ... KENDALL JENNER He was scarcely then a year old, and knew so little of herding that he had never turned a sheep in h... JAMES HOGG He ran pretty well. And he was coming off a good week of work. DARIN SHEPARDSON If he'd just crowded me down to the side of the asphalt, I'd have been OK. But when he ran m... CALE YARBOROUGH My father is an Algerian, proud of who he is and I am proud that my father is Algerian. ZINEDINE ZIDANE I've seen fathers criticizing their sons the moment a game's over. Not my dad. It doesn'... BEN ROETHLISBERGER (Cermak) did a great job. I'm proud of the way he played. He was solid and consistent across the who... JAY HORTON My mother's husband died when I was 4, and I thought he was my dad until I was 15 and found out that... 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MUHAMMAD ALI I always bring out the best in men I fight, but Joe Frazier, I'll tell the world right now, brin... MUHAMMAD ALI It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila. MUHAMMAD ALI The Nation of Islam's main focus was teaching black pride and self-awareness. Why should we keep... MUHAMMAD ALI A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have se... MUHAMMAD ALI I don't have to be what you want me to be. MUHAMMAD ALI I've been everywhere in the world, seen everything, had everything a man can have. MUHAMMAD ALI My only fault is that I don't realize how great I really am. MUHAMMAD ALI Go up in an airplane. Go high enough, and it's like we don't even exist. MUHAMMAD ALI It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep co... MUHAMMAD ALI I would say things like 'I am the greatest! I'm pretty! If you talk jive, you'll drop in... MUHAMMAD ALI Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. MUHAMMAD ALI Don't feel sorry for me. MUHAMMAD ALI I calculate that I took 20,000 punches, but I earned millions and kept a lot of it. I may talk slow,... MUHAMMAD ALI America is the greatest country in the world. MUHAMMAD ALI Life is so, so short. Bible says it's like a vapor. MUHAMMAD ALI I'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren't no satellites when J... MUHAMMAD ALI I wanted to use my fame and this face that everyone knows so well to help uplift and inspire people ... MUHAMMAD ALI I'm no leader; I'm a little humble follower. MUHAMMAD ALI I've made my share of mistakes along the way, but if I have changed even one life for the better... MUHAMMAD ALI Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating... MUHAMMAD ALI I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That... MUHAMMAD ALI I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before... MUHAMMAD ALI I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on. MUHAMMAD ALI My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world. MUHAMMAD ALI A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. MUHAMMAD ALI It's not bragging if you can back it up. MUHAMMAD ALI Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change. MUHAMMAD ALI There's this Method Man album called 'Tical.' It's his first album. I would just lis... MAHERSHALA ALI My friends in college, several of whom are still my closest companions, would tell you that I was al... MAHERSHALA ALI I think Don Cheadle has always done great work. MAHERSHALA ALI People do bad things, but that doesn't mean they don't have other colors or qualities. MAHERSHALA ALI In my humble opinion, the ages 22 to about 27 are the most critical years of your adult life. It'... MAHERSHALA ALI