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- Nov 07, 2020
Better Quotes
On growth, progress and making things better.
These quotes range from finishing a piece of writing that finally feels worth sharing to teamwork producing stronger results than working alone, with a side note on technology's uneven effect on security. For more, see our Growth quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's tougher when you're established. Before, I'd see 13, 14, 15 pitches that I could drive in a game. Now, I see one, two or three, so I have to be better.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
My daughters think I am a terrible cook, but I try really hard. I would really like to be a better cook.
- Water
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will say this: when you take any substance, especially in baseball, it's half mental and half physical. If you take this glass of water and you say, 'I'm going to be a better baseball player,' then you probably will be.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
So I had the worst experience at the very beginning, and things have been getting better since.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
My long-term goal is to get as high as possible in the rankings, and to improve my game each day. If I am able to do that, my ranking should get better and better.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the better part of my life, I was always trying to manufacture somehow what I would consider 'living.' Because I grew up sort of upper-middle class and I didn't relate so much to that as a life, and I wanted to really find 'living.'
- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes in football you have to hold your hand up and say, yeah, they're better than us.
- Phone
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to sleep with the phone right by my pillow but I'm getting better. Now it sits on the table a few feet away.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to be honest and say that I never really feel like there's one person that I really want to cook for. I just want my food to always get better and always be evolving and for there to always be movement in what I make. I would say I strive for that more than anything else.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Freeze herbs by stem and all - don't just freeze the leaves. It's better to keep them sturdier. Put the stems and the leaves together into a plastic bag, and just wrap it up and freeze it like that.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to art school for four years to learn a very expensive lesson - that there are many other artists who are way better than me.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
Free soloing is almost as old as climbing itself, with roots in the 19th century. Climbers are continuing to push the boundaries. There are certainly better technical climbers than me. But if I have a particular gift, it's a mental one - the ability to keep it together where others might freak out.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a journal of everything I've ever climbed since 2005. For the entry about free soloing Half Dome, I put a frowny face and added some little notes about what I should have done better, and then underlined it. Turns out that is one of my biggest climbing achievements.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020