#trophies

If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#decays #declines #literature #nation

My old coach used to say that if you were in it for the match, if you were in it for the trophies, you were in it for the wrong reasons. ↗

— John Irving

#match #old #reasons #say #trophies

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

Awards are not the only markers of success; I don't judge myself just based on them. I believe that each cinema-goer has his own mental trophies. ↗

— Fan Binbing

#based #believe #each #his #i

Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar. ↗

— George Eliot

#ancestral #city #funeral #gathered #hemisphere

Award trophies, as opposed to letting the players define and claim their own. Ultimately, pay them to play so that their activity not only resembles work but is work. ↗

— John Thorn

#award #claim #define #letting #only

Trophies and medals have never meant much to me. I've had amazing experiences, which let you feel like you've accomplished something. ↗

— John Krasinski

#amazing #experiences #feel #had #i

I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I am good at everything. ↗

— Demetri Martin

#buy #everything #good #i #i am