I've had a hard life, but my hardships are nothing against the hardships that my father went through in order to get me to where I started.
Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
For me, losing a tennis match isn't failure, it's research.
In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
Ladies, here's a hint. If you're up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That's the hardest shot for the well-endowed.
When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.
Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.
In a subway car, my skin would typically fall in the middle of the color spectrum. On street corners, tourists would ask me for directions. I was, in four and a half years, never an American; I was immediately a New Yorker.
Child hunger and child obesity are really just two sides of the same coin. Both rob our children of the energy, the strength and the stamina they need to succeed in school and in life. And that, in turn, robs our country of so much of their promise.
Guilt is the price we pay willingly for doing what we are going to do anyway.
Nico di Angelo ran up to me with a big grin on his face. "Percy, this is awesome!" His blue-feathered bronze helmet was falling in his eyes, and his breastplate was about six sizes too big. I wondered if there was any way I'd looked that ridiculous when I'd first arrived.