#knees

The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it. ↗

— Vince Lombardi

#being #coming #essence #glory #knees

At my age, you need to verify that everything is fine. I put a lot of pressure on my body, and I feel sometimes pain in my back and in my knees, so I have to be sure that I can keep on training hard before going on. ↗

— Hermann Maier

#back #before #body #everything #feel

I need to get up and walk around and keep my knees from getting bad, which is what's happening. ↗

— Marian McPartland

#bad #get #getting #happening #i

The wonderful thing about age is that your knees don't work as well, you can't run down steps quite as easily and obviously you can't lift heavy weights. But your mind doesn't feel any different. ↗

— Roger Moore

#age #any #different #down #easily

Why must we be eternally on our knees before the Kants and Hugos? ↗

— Jose C. Orozco

#eternally #knees #must #our #why

Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial. ↗

— Ross Perot

#knees #like #painful #skinned #superficial

If I stayed a football player, my career would have been over 20 years ago. As it is, my knees are shot. I found I got the same good feeling in acting that I had in sports, but I found I could have a more profound impact on people. ↗

— William Petersen

#ago #ball player #been #career #could

Over the last 15 years or so, Manchester has undergone huge transformation - from a city in decline and on its knees to one that is growing, vibrant and confident. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#confident #decline #growing #huge #knees

A woman is as young as her knees. ↗

— Mary Quant

#knees #woman #young

It's mainly about working hard and proving to people you're serious about it, and stretching yourself and learning. The mistake a lot of actors make, particularly young ones, is allowing themselves to feel that they're the finished articles, the bee's knees, and it's not true. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#allowing #articles #bee #feel #finished