- Nov 07, 2020
Time Quotes
Quotes marking moments across time.
This page brings together quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family. It pairs well with Family Quotes for related reflections.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love short track. I competed in short track, I was a world champion in 1986 but at that point in time it wasn't in the Olympic Games so I moved into long track. Short track is a blast to skate and it's a blast to watch.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
You only live once, so you got to do as much as you can in the time that you have.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of times, professional athletes say, 'I'm not a role model; I'm an athlete.' I don't mind being a role model because I know what I've done in order to make it to where I am right now. It's a lot of hard work; it's a tremendous amount of hard work. But in order to be make it to a certain level, everybody knows it's going to take time.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I head into the cage for an MMA fight, for that time inside the cage, I hate the person standing across the cage. I want to beat him up and beat him up to the point where he never wants to go against me again. After the fight, I can shake his hands, and he - we can be best friends. It's the same thing in professional wrestling.
- Magic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eric Young is phenomenal. Bobby Roode - every time I get in the ring with those guys, it's almost like magic.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time I go out there, I have something to prove. Something more, something different.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
We had some rough times in TNA. We had some pay issues, and this and that, they were some other issues. But at that time, we were working harder than we ever worked. Even though, you know, we were being paid late and all, we worked harder than we worked before.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you get to a certain level in wrestling, you got to be the ring general, and I've been in wrestling for a long time. And I can be a ring general against anybody.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the type of person where, at the end of the game, if there's 10 seconds left, and you need to get somebody the ball, and you're behind by one, give me the ball. Get me the ball every single time.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no secret I love professional wrestling. It's not just the money all the time, I love wrestling, and I love fighting.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a musician was actually very wonderful.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music and jazz in the home all the time.
- Big Band
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- Nov 07, 2020
Then I left that school and I went to Cerritos College, which was in southern California; they had one of the best big band programs in the country at the time.
- Birthday
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and I was living in San Francisco at the time and I started attending some of the concerts and then simply dropping hints.
- Conducting
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- Nov 07, 2020