“You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” Eleanor Roosevelt

"Don't give the coach a choice. Work on your shot, your game, get in perfect shape, etc." Uncle Phil

This is regarding not starting on a high school basketball team. But this is a great example of, instead of blaming a power above you, you control what you can control and in the end, you end up with the power.

"Our consumer desires are unhealthy, and to attain enlightenment you need to develop a life of non-attachment and nonmaterialism." Steve Jobs

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. Lao Tzu

"They can take everything away from you, but they can never take away what you've learned" Grandpa Gene

"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." Mark Twain

In other words, you can't get caught in a lie if you, as a rule, are always up front and honest. So there's no stress.

Also from Mark Twain:

• "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug."

"Never make the mistake of thinking that you know everything about anything" Fortune cookie

"If you have a dream, live it. If you don't, get one." Kevin Sharp, cancer patient

If nothing else, I gave you an interesting life" Obama's mom to him before she died.

"My idea is to push buttons first, scare off the people who are gonna be scared off, and then the right people will like you for who you really are." Kacey Musgraves

Or as my friend Robb said to his wife, when they were about to attend a fundraising event for the private school that he just enrolled is son in: I'm going to say 'fuck' in a few different circles tonight and we'll figure out real quick who will be afraid of us and who will be our friends.

"The more you know, the more you enjoy." Sign in Rizzoli

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"Like love, living is so often done blind."

"I wasn't prettier or more talented than other women, I just wanted it more" - Marilyn Monroe

"Show me your company and I'll tell you who you are" Papa

If your friends are good people, then you're a good person. If you act like you're a good person but then I meet your friends and they're all a little shady, then you're actually just like them..

"Rock history - human history really - is full of evidence that we're not here long, that we should get our houses in order and do something of value with our time. The lesson of Yauch's life is that it is possible to make that happen."

From The Lives They Lived about Adam Yauch

"When I got to the farm teams I realized that everyone could hit and throw and play. And that if you wanted to get ahead it was about work. Like who's going to work the hardest." Raul Ibanez

Paraphrased from an interview shown on the jumbotron at a Mariner game - April 2013