Greg Louganis
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RAJIV OUSEPH MADONNA CICCONE JENNIFER EHLE ANWAR HADID I'm blessed to have a dad who's always there for me and a mom who's always there for me,... TIFFANY TRUMP CHELSEA CLINTON VICTORIA PENDLETON The most solitary I ever felt was when I was living in New York. I used to live in Enrico Caruso'... ROBERT DUVALL IRENE ROSENFELD Coach (Greg Williams) has been telling me that I have to be more aggressive. That was the time to do... KADIE RIVERIN BJ THE CHICAGO KID ARON RALSTON HALSTON SAGE There was a big to-do about this team last year. We had big expectations. We made it clear this year... BLAIR ALBRIGHT BENNY CASSETTE It's always been a dream of mine to get somewhere and to have my mom and dad with me up there. HALEY REINHART In 1953, Mom and Dad, living in Toronto, discovered, to their shock, that Mom was expecting. I was b... DAN HILL CHELSEA CLINTON CAROL BURNETT I was eight when independence happened. I remember my mum and dad getting dressed up to go to the in... PETINA GAPPAH BENJAMIN ALIRE SáENZ BURGESS OWENS My mom taught me how to love, my dad taught me how to be a man.You put them together, and ill be you... LUIS ARIEL ROMERO JR. My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared. HAILEE STEINFELD Mom always got me to school and the driving range while Dad was working. She also kept me quiet and ... RICKIE FOWLER JENNIE FINCH BABE RUTH I've always had high expectations of myself. I've never felt that there was anything I could... DAK PRESCOTT KATHERINE KELLY Being a child that grew up with a single mom back in the '70s, Father's Day to me was always... ART ALEXAKIS When I was a teenager, if you'd asked me, I would have said I was in a relationship with New Yor... ALEKSA PALLADINO BETH DITTO SUZANNE COLLINS My mom was a dancer, my dad's a singer and I've always had that kind of music in my life. ELVIS STOJKO We busted a lot of family secrets with this. But to make a long story short, my parents relationship... KENNY LOGGINS I was always a guy who wanted to be associated with a brand that meant something to me, something I ... MATT KUCHAR Last year, I didn't perform well. I didn't really live up to expectations. RANDOLPH MORRIS We were still wrestling through last year when Greg was a senior. In wrestling, there is never a dul... BRENT FOSHEIM JOAQUIN PHOENIX All three of my parents - I also had a stepmother - were teachers, and my dad taught high school, an... DICK CAVETT RACHAEL RAY ZOSIA MAMET LEBRON JAMES Last year the pressure was on Jackie, but this year I felt a little more pressure on me. I had to ta... LIZ GLIEM She was afraid of giving in to that overwhelming, absolute, unconditional love, a love that had show... MIRELLA MUFFAROTTO KATE WINSLET BRENDA LEE BOB DIAMOND I felt I had to share Idaho with my friend from New York because he'd shared New York with me, s... MARIEL HEMINGWAY It was a huge hole that Greg Austin set up for me. It was there. There wasn't anything crazy I had t... CORY ROSS OLIVIA COLMAN We had a little payback to do from last year. We came into the playoffs with the same record - 21-3 ... DON ECKERLE LAURA DERN XAVIER RUDD We felt we were along for the ride last year. We had seniors who carried us. This year, it was us in... CANDICE WIGGINS We need to embrace every day and enjoy it as much as we can. KAREN TODD SCARPULLA My dad's the one who's always been there; he's my hero, you could say. Even when he was ... GARETH BALE JOE GIBBS STEVE HARVEY DAVE NAVARRO I wasn't really taught about the value of money. I just learnt it as I grew up, but I do remembe... LAURA TROTT I was pleased with our performance. We had three in the finals ... Valencia lost to (Tumwater's) Tan... DARIN DOLLEMORE I love cheerleading because of the adrenaline rush right before a competition. My mom was always the... LATOYA HOLLAND One thing he taught me was how to throw on the run when I was young. He always had a good arm. DREW WEATHERFORD The hockey I was raised on, the hockey I understand, the hockey that my dad taught me about when I w... JAY BARUCHEL RICK RIORDAN I hope that's one of the reasons they brought me in. I wasn't here last year, so I don't know how th... ANDRE DYSON HARRY STYLES MARY TYLER MOORE She had a personal relationship with Jesus. A real one. Even in her death that was very evident to u... BECKY HOLLAND Why did you marry Dad, Mom?" MARGARET MCMULLAN MAUREEN FORRESTER ED KOCH I always say the person who taught me how to sing indirectly because I listened to her all the time ... JHENE AIKO I was here last year, and this was the best barbecue I ever had. I had high expectations this year, ... ED SNYDER I was really proactive in trying to heal my family. I wouldn't give up. My whole life was about ... SOPHIE B. HAWKINS It's been so amazing. I've always struggled with this barrier that I felt like I'd had u... IMOGEN HEAP WILL FERRELL EARL CAMPBELL WES CRAVEN I was 3 and a half, and there was an open call for a Coca-Cola commercial. We were living around Dal... JESSE PLEMONS SUZANNE COLLINS ROBIN YOUNT Ashley is the first national diving champion from San Diego County since Greg Louganis in 1976, DENNIS TAYLOR XAVIER RUDD CONOR MCGREGOR SUZI QUATRO It was one of those nights I was seeing it well, ... Maybe it had something to do with Jacque moving... JOE MAUER My parents separated when I was 2, and my dad always lived in Chicago and my mother in L.A. I'd ... F. GARY GRAY BAILEY CHASE
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The Games are just a nice, positive way to build friendships, camaraderie and, of course, self-estee... GREG LOUGANIS I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles. GREG LOUGANIS I guess you can tease me about being a drama queen, because that did heighten the drama. GREG LOUGANIS People wait in line to see me, saying there's plenty of living to be done even if you have an HI... GREG LOUGANIS Well, unless you're Wayne Gretzky or Michael Jordan, you need the full support of your team. GREG LOUGANIS In sports, people reach their peak very early. You have to move on. I don't know if I will ever ... GREG LOUGANIS Being a consultant is like flying first-class. The food is terrific, the drinks are cold. But all yo... GREG BRENNEMAN I live in a beautiful village in the middle of the countryside, and being able to disappear off on m... GREG RUTHERFORD GREG LAKE GREG BEHRENDT Don't forget, you are the hero of your own story. GREG BOYLE GREG MOORE I still think the best metal bands have a blues feel. The first Black Sabbath album is kind of a blu... GREG GINN I am pleased I went from fourth back into a medal position, but bronze is not good enough for me. GREG RUTHERFORD Unity! Duty! And destiny! GREG FARSHTEY During your career, you put yourself in peak physical condition, but then you bear the brunt of it f... GREG RUTHERFORD GREG GRANDIN 2017 may have been that year when identity politics hit a brick wall - and slumped limply on the pav... GREG GUTFELD GREG NORMAN GREG WERNER As the GAO report recognizes, the long-term health of our forests relies on additional fuel reductio... GREG WALDEN Since first hearing the story as a child, any mention of the 'Boston Tea Party' has elicited... GREG FITZSIMMONS GREG RUCKA Widespread caffeine use explains a lot about the twentieth century. GREG EGAN Flying through a hurricane is the most fearsome shaking you will ever get. Everything has to be tied... GREG MACGILLIVRAY Burger King's business model was broken. But it was like sex in the '50s. Everyone knew it, ... GREG BRENNEMAN GREG GRANDIN I got more out of the farm than Harvard Business School. GREG BRENNEMAN GREG GRAFFIN GREG WERNER It took us two years to get our first real gig. That was a big dream. We ended up booking a lot of o... GREG GINN GREG GRANDIN GREG LEMOND When I was a young teenager, it was all about The Clash for me and that sort of English punk stuff. ... GREG KURSTIN The good and bad thing about online trolling: it's not on the street, and it's not on the st... GREG GUTFELD The modern progressive movement believes that dissenting language is objectionable, which then remov... GREG GUTFELD GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG WERNER Happiness isn't a static thing; it's the quest for happiness that allows us to think we're happy, wh... GREG WEBSTER It's all about having a product that you're proud of and coming to work every day. Those bas... GREG BRENNEMAN GREG GORDON GREG RUCKA GREG BAXTER GREG BEHRENDT GREG BEHRENDT GREG BEHRENDT GREG BEHRENDT GREG BEHRENDT GREG BEHRENDT GREG CAMPBELL GREG NORMAN GREG WERNER GREG NORMAN GREG MOORE GREG NORMAN GREG WERNER GREG LEMOND GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG WERNER GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG BEHRENDT Anger at lies lasts forever. Anger at truth can't last. GREG EVANS When you take the time to actually listen, with humility, to what people have to say, it's amazing w... GREG MORTENSON GREG BEHRENDT GREG GRANDIN GREG GRANDIN GREG GRANDIN GREG GRANDIN GREG BEHRENDT I was a halfback on an American football team in Athens, Greece - the Kississia Colts - where I went... GREG KINNEAR GREG GRAFFIN Back in the days of world wars, American companies didn't think twice about pitching in to help ... GREG GUTFELD GREG LEMOND GREG LAKE GREG RUCKA GREG NORMAN GREG BEHRENDT With the increasing demand for oil around the world and the rising costs in Oregon and throughout th... GREG WALDEN GREG BEHRENDT GREG RUCKA GREG GRAFFIN GREG GRANDIN I love the iPhone - I'm a huge Mac and Apple fan. GREG GRUNBERG GREG GRAFFIN GREG LAKE GREG GRAFFIN Not only have I made films about the subject, but I've largely funded them on my own, so I'm... GREG MACGILLIVRAY It's about you. If you win, it's you; if you lose, it's you. Black and white. Nowhere to... GREG RUSEDSKI GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON GREG ANDERSON Redemption is possible, and it is the measure of a civilized society. GREG BOYLE GREG ANDERSON I'm really looking forward to getting back and winning some matches but I'm not thinking abo... GREG RUSEDSKI My biggest problem will be lack of match toughness but I am a positive, optimistic person. GREG RUSEDSKI If I stay healthy and I'm playing good tennis I have as good a chance as anybody. GREG RUSEDSKI I don't read all the newspapers. GREG RUSEDSKI The downside isn't really injury, fear of injury or the process of fighting back from injury. Th... GREG RUSEDSKI It is a big adjustment but I've always loved that old saying of Jack Nicklaus: 'I retired fr... GREG RUSEDSKI I'm happy in retirement. GREG RUSEDSKI It's not a break until you hold your serve. GREG RUSEDSKI The only way to get back the confidence is to play and win matches. You can practise as much as you ... GREG RUSEDSKI When you're young, you don't know what you don't know, so it's easier to get into th... GREG RUSEDSKI You do it for the highs, when you're totally engrossed and everything's flowing and whatever... GREG RUSEDSKI You win any which way you can. You do what you have to do to get by. That's the way it works in ... GREG RUSEDSKI You can't really describe how difficult it is to deal with. It is any athlete's worst nightm... GREG RUSEDSKI What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. GREG RUSEDSKI GREG RUCKA GREG GRANDIN GREG GRAFFIN Obama's tenure had more dirty linen then Charlie Sheen's hamper. GREG GUTFELD I wrote Steve Carell's last episode. I think it was a really good episode, but there's alway... GREG DANIELS GREG RUCKA Americans get it. They're ready for some opportunities to have greener communities, to have clea... GREG ABBOTT I was, throughout school, in the theater program. Through elementary school, junior high, high schoo... GREG GRUNBERG GREG GRANDIN GREG RUCKA I do as much outdoor stuff as I can. What I've done is I bought a house in the middle of Hollywo... GREG CIPES GREG GRANDIN I've experienced first-hand the wonderful work organizations like J Bar J do for young people in... GREG WALDEN GREG RUCKA GREG RUCKA GREG GRAFFIN GREG GRAFFIN GREG RUCKA GREG LAKE Socially, I think I'm quite comfortable; I enjoy chatting to people... but I do have my quirks. GREG MCHUGH GREG RUCKA Despite everything that has befallen us, do we not continue to hold the destiny of this shattered an... GREG MORTENSON We've had enough career politicians in Helena who think the people are here to serve them. It... GREG GIANFORTE GREG BEHRENDT Why do we capital-N Nerds love Mars so much? Because it's beautiful, it's tough, it's bu... GREG BEAR If I had to give odds, I would say 30 percent of whatever good fortune I've had in this business... GREG BERLANTI I take magnesium to prevent cramps. A few years back, I suffered from hamstring tears, and part of t... GREG RUTHERFORD I'm the priest who has been mistaken for an ATM machine. GREG BOYLE GREG BEHRENDT Pop science goes flying off in all kinds of fashionable directions, and it often drags a lot of SF w... GREG EGAN GREG GRANDIN My first concert - maybe it was 1979 - was a blur. I'm not sure whether it was Blue Oyster Cult/... GREG GUTFELD GREG GRAFFIN GREG LEMOND I was a DC fan; The Flash was always my favorite character. He was sort of the most average guy amon... GREG BERLANTI GREG GRAFFIN GREG GRANDIN A story in Asimov's is read by hundreds of thousands of people. GREG EGAN GREG LEMOND What's interesting about architects is, we always have tried to justify beauty by looking to nat... GREG LYNN Even though arguably I could have done much better at school, I'd decided at a young age that I ... GREG RUTHERFORD Do you ever see a right-wing kid violently jumping lefty speakers? On campus, you either have silent... GREG GUTFELD GREG GRANDIN GREG ANDERSON GREG GRAFFIN 'Sol Invictus' works like your basic FNM record: the sequencing is an artful job, hustling y... GREG GUTFELD My first-ever job in the movie business, I was an art student at Carnegie Mellon, and they were shoo... GREG MOTTOLA What suprised me most about the real Gordon Selfridge was actually about his sons, Ralph and Oliver.... GREG AUSTIN I have to say that Adam Levine is truly a daring young man to go on Twitter to bash Fox News. He'... GREG GUTFELD Homeboy Bakery is an alternative to kids who have found themselves, regrettably, in gangs and want t... GREG BOYLE I'm a very keen baker; I pride myself on my cakes. I go along the classic sponge line, but I lik... GREG RUTHERFORD GREG GRANDIN GREG GRAFFIN Terror, married to technology and accommodated by progress in travel, has turned evil individuals in... GREG GUTFELD As foreign attacks increase, it's easy to treat them like bad weather happening somewhere else. ... GREG GUTFELD GREG RUCKA You stand with the least likely to succeed until success is succeeded by something more valuable: ki... GREG BOYLE When I look back on my childhood, I think of that short time in Beirut. I know that seeing the city ... GREG KINNEAR Once the Internet removes geography as a constraint, the smartest people go to the most beautiful pl... GREG GIANFORTE GREG BEHRENDT GREG ANDERSON GREG GRANDIN GREG GRANDIN I do have very high customer service standards - I'd send back sushi because it's too fishy. GREG MCHUGH GREG RUCKA Before computers, you'd start designing using shapes of cubes. Now I can start with something li... GREG LYNN GREG LEMOND GREG NORMAN I do give a great deal of forethought and zone in on character and all sorts of things like that. Ne... GREG KINNEAR I daydream just like everybody else. I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks... GREG MADDUX
Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always w... 
I was always going to church with my mom, dad and sister. I was literally raised under the godly inf... 
I was OK in school, but I always missed a lot because I was playing so much. But if I'd stuck at... 
I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me be... 
There's never been a game plan, and I suppose I've had an uneasy relationship with my ambiti... 
I try not to think about anyone's expectations but rather focus on always doing my personal best... 
My dad had always been a big decaf coffee drinker. But my mom had always been more of a tea drinker.... 
One of the first coaches I worked with on the national team told me that I was too skinny, too puny,... 
Mom was a housewife; Dad was an accountant. They taught me a lot about the value of working hard. 
My mom and my dad was the best example of unconditional love I could see as a kid. I've known it... 
I'd fallen in love with a woman but she broke up with me and I was devastated. Six months later,... 
I did grow up in Los Angeles. I actually didn't start acting until I was sixteen, so I was very ... 
'Sunrise Sunset' is a letter I wrote to a girl I was once with who I really thought I was go... 
As far as sitcoms go, I thought Jenna Elfman in 'Dharma and Greg' was a wonderful physical c... 
But love was always something heavy for me. Something I had to carry. 
We understood, growing up - 'cause it was taught in our family home, my mom and dad - to respect... 
Dad was the pitching coach, while Mom was the emotional supporter. Her unconditional love was great,... 
As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if ... 
I always took 'Coronation Street' a year at a time anyway. It was the 50th anniversary; I... 
My mother told me Homer Ditto was not my father. Nope. Mom had had a fling with some other guy who w... 
felt once before. In the cave last year, when I was trying to get Haymitch to send us food. I kissed... 
I had a really wonderful upbringing. We were a tight family. It was wonderful to grow up with so man... 
My mom, who's been in the restaurant business for 40 years, is the number-one influence in my li... 
But my father was also the one who told me I needed to clean up my mouth or I'd never find a man... 
My mom and I have always been there for each other. We had some tough times, but she was always ther... 
Mum and dad were very much friends, and up to life. There was no anxiety for anything when I was gro... 
I always felt that I was one of the women who helped lay the foundation for rock and roll. But I'... 
I recall my dad saying about me once that the only time he'd ever heard me say 'never' w... 
I was never one of those surly teenagers who doesn't smile. My lovely godfather said it was alwa... 
Going to the Academy Awards is something I remember since I was six, when I went with my mom for the... 
My first instrument was my voice. I was always singing and writing melodies when I was a little kid.... 
My mother and grandmother had me in church, and I was the kid that played in church. But pastor was ... 
I'd have to say I'm most proud of my mentoring camp that I do in Dallas every year for one h... 
There have been times when I felt suicidal and I would stop my head from going in that direction of ... 
I tossed the book aside. Great. My dad was a D-list god who frolicked in the woods. He was probably ... 
One time, a girl dropped her phone in my pocket and I found it and was like, 'There you go.'... 
Well, Rhoda was, I think, the last actress that we saw. There had been so many wonderful actresses w... 
I had a wonderful childhood, but I was a wanderer from year one. 
There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them ... 
I'd love to become like Bill Murray, who was so funny on 'Saturday Night Live' and has g... 
When I was a kid and got in trouble, I'd always say, Mom, I'm in trouble. Well, Mom, I'm... 
A friend, Sean Cunningham, who went on to do 'Friday the 13th,' was given a small budget to ... 
I feel that thing again. The thing I only felt once before. In the cave last year, when I was trying... 
I was also lucky to play for an owner, Bud Selig, who truly cared about his players. He'd call m... 
I've always felt like there was a lot of hype around me even when there wasn't. I felt like ... 
One of my insecurities was my looks. I was short, cute and chubby, and Dad used to call me his '... 
I was growing up with a single mom who'd be at work when I came home from school. So I'd jus... 
There is no standing still because time is moving forward. 
I do think that you can dress yourself out of a problem. The way that a haircut and a new pair of pa... 
If you ain't got your black hat, there ain't no use in filling out an application. 
There was a brief moment, after Haiti's 2010 earthquake, when even Bill Clinton recognized what ... 
Obviously it's my second senior event, and I'm tired obviously coming back from the British ... 
Dreaming is wonderful, goal setting is crucial, but action is supreme. To make something great happe... 
All the sudden, I was part of the 'No Man's Land' thing, and there was a bundle of core ... 
As first lady, Hillary Clinton spent the early months of her husband's administration drafting h... 
Most songwriters who have been lucky enough to have their song on the radio or be heard widely don&#... 
Continuous excellent effort, not maximum strength or superior IQ, is thekey to unlocking your potent... 
There are few things that you can't do as long as you are willing to apply yourself. 
It took a couple races, but for the most part, this Pontiac GTO has been something special, ... This... 
They were selling as soon as they hit the ground. 
The road to your championship will not be a smooth, wide and easily traveled freeway. No, great acco... 
Some read biographies of famous Christians to try to short-cut themselves into a deeper walk with th... 
One did not need to believe in the Force to know right from wrong. Many who held no faith in the For... 
You start to feel panic, because you realise that human beings are possessed by the idea that they m... 
Busy' is another word for 'asshole'. 'Asshole' is another word for the guy you're dating. 
You picked a lemon, throw it away lemonade is overrated. Freaks should remain at the circus, not in ... 
Dealing with jackasses on every front today. Good thing I have tiger blood and Adonis DNA. (Charlie ... 
Aggressive play is a vital asset of the world's greatest golfers. However, it's even more important ... 
I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you c... 
When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love ... 
I grew up playing football since the day I could walk; some of my greatest memories of childhood are... 
'Alpha' is a very fast-moving book. It doesn't lend itself to laborious introspection an... 
What's a good tournament for him? Winning it. He's good enough. 
The naturalist worldview is a good way to feel grounded and feel part of something that isn't ba... 
You often hear people say 'Luck is self made.' I think it is, to a certain extent; if you wo... 
I rode in a nine-day charity ride recently, averaged 43km a day and still finished in the lead group... 