#pete

The night before I compete, I like to have steak. Meat is especially important for female athletes because it provides them with the nutrients they need to perform at their best. ↗

— Sasha Cohen

#because #before #best #compete #especially

Didgeridoo was something I picked up while I was on tour in Australia with Peter Gabriel in '93. I found out later that it's only meant to be played by men. ↗

— Paula Cole

#found #gabriel #i #later #meant

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

#important #important thing #life #thing #triumph

The most important part of this is to prepare the athlete for life in general and then be able to compete. ↗

— Alberto Juantorena

#athlete #compete #general #important #life

He lives out in Orchard Park. I mean, to be able to sit on the bench so patiently, for whatever part, and to be able to get up and do something, with such heroic competencies would be great. ↗

— Robert Creeley

#bench #competencies #get #great #heroic

Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition. ↗

— Alberto Juantorena

#competition #country #cuba #government #i

The spirit of the Olympic movement is great for young people because it teaches them about the training and discipline required to compete. Even if they don't make the teams, they can rededicate their lives to the art of sport, discipline, and physical fitness. ↗

— Richard M. Daley

#art #because #compete #discipline #even

But Sneaky Pete was great. I didn't bug him about Gram. Not too much, anyway. ↗

— Evan Dando

#anyway #bug #great #him #i

New Labour was the most short-sighted, self-serving, incompetent, useless, and ineffective government that Britain has ever known. Make no mistake, Labour's economic policies were a national security liability. ↗

— Liam Fox

#economic #economic policies #ever #government #incompetent

It is better for a woman to compete impersonally in society, as men do, than to compete for dominance in her own home with her husband, compete with her neighbors for empty status, and so smother her son that he cannot compete at all. ↗

— Betty Friedan

#cannot #compete #dominance #empty #her