#push

When I need to push myself, I think of all those nicely polished trophies waiting to be lifted up by the winner - and how that winner might be me. ↗

— Maria Sharapova

#i #i think #lifted #me #might

Later, in the early teens, I used to ride my bike every Saturday morning to the nearest airport, ten miles away, push airplanes in and out of the hangars, and clean up the hangars. ↗

— Alan Shepard

#away #bike #clean #clean up #early

Everyone thinks these are self-portraits but they aren't meant to be. I just use myself as a model because I know I can push myself to extremes, make each shot as ugly or goofy or silly as possible. ↗

— Cindy Sherman

#each #everyone #extremes #goofy #i

Ultimately, China may use force to push for unification with Taiwan, a scenario we all must work to prevent. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

#force #may #must #prevent #push

I believe that nationalism is a very strong force, but there are other forces operating; there are tendencies pushing towards a larger picture, especially in Europe, I think; but I still think nationalism is real. ↗

— Peter Singer

#especially #europe #force #forces #i

He started pushing to make birdies and you don't do that when you're down. ↗

— Vijay Singh

#make #pushing #started #you

It was something I was more interested in myself. When I went to see my sister dance at ballet, I was really into costumes and the arts, and my family was also supportive of whatever me and my sister wanted to do. I would say I pushed myself the most to be into design. ↗

— Christian Siriano

#arts #ballet #costumes #dance #design

These rovers are living on borrowed time. We're so past warranty on them. You try to push them hard every day because we're living day to day. ↗

— Steven Squyres

#borrowed #day #day to day #every #every day

I have tons of regrets, but I think that's one of the reasons that push people to create things. Out of their angst, their regret, comes the best from artists, painters and writers. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

#artists #best #comes #create #i

My parents always pushed creativity on us, but they made it seem like the fun thing to do. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

#creativity #fun #fun thing #like #made