Evelyn Ashford Quotes

#1. It wasn't until I was 14 and watched the 1976 Olympic games on television that I really started to dream about the big time. I remember seeing Evelyn Ashford in the 100 meters, and she was going to UCLA.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#2. Ultimately not one amongst us
Will ever be denied that,
The glimmer of a chance to shine.

Scott Hastie

#3. But when you dwell in a house you mislike, you will look out of a window a deal more than those that are content with their dwelling.

Mary Webb

#4. Whatever muscles I have are the product of my own hard work and nothing else.

Evelyn Ashford

#5. You cannot ask for forgiveness without acknowledging that there is something in life that is more important than the progress of your own kingdom.

Paul David Tripp

#6. My mom's the strongest, boldest woman I know.

Nikki Reed

#7. Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.

Tariq Ramadan

#8. I believe in women. I believe in myself. I believe in my body.

Evelyn Ashford

#9. I can feel the wind go by when I run. It feels good. It feels fast.

Evelyn Ashford

#10. Try to feel and give only love and compassion to every one; you will be happy. Don't judge or hate anything. You will be unhappy.

Jason Becker

#11. I am thrilled to be 31, still running and having my daughter watch me even if it is on TV.

Evelyn Ashford

#12. Before me, sprinters retired at 23 or 24. I run because I still like it, I can make a living, and I feel I was born to do it. And because people tell me I can't do it.

Evelyn Ashford

#13. What, am I supposed to run around in a little red cape and save the world?

Kyle Chandler

#14. I know the exploding cost of health care is at the root of our long-term fiscal challenges.

Fred Upton

#15. I was single-minded and I had tunnel vision. Now it's time for a change.

Evelyn Ashford

#16. When I'm running fast, I don't feel anything, it's effortless, it's like my feet don't even touch the ground, it's like I'm flying.

Evelyn Ashford

#17. I've noticed that since I've been pregnant I see babies everywhere. I love talking to them. I never used to really like kids that much. I guess it comes out of you naturally.

Evelyn Ashford

#18. I have a nice family and I'm well rounded.

Evelyn Ashford

#19. I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy. I am as giddy as a drunken man. A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world! Hallo here! Whoop! Hallo!

Charles Dickens

#20. I take pride in everything I do. I don't want to be handed anything. I want to earn it.

Evelyn Ashford

#21. My main focus when I do my makeup is my eyes - I accentuate my eyes, and they look bigger. More 'va va voom,' I guess you can say.

Becky G

#22. It's all in the past. Leave it there.

Cyn Balog

#23. I want to combine a business major with studies in clothing and textiles.

Evelyn Ashford

#24. You can lose a piece of plain bread and not think twice about it, but when you lose one spread thickly with strawberry jam it's an altogether more serious matter.

Alexander McCall Smith

#25. From the way they all gaped at her, one would think he'd announced something truly shocking. Something like, "Lucy is a spy for Napoleon," or "Lucy only has six months to live," or "Lucy has decided to take up the harp.

Tessa Dare

#26. I can't run forever. I decided to go back to school for my degree, because I know now there's more to life than track.

Evelyn Ashford

#27. I want it all. Fame, fortune and all the commercials there are to do.

Evelyn Ashford

#28. I always want to be the best and if I can't, I don't want to run.

Evelyn Ashford

#29. Now, I talk to athletes who answer questions with a 'yeah'. I realize I used to do that. Or they answer very quickly and you stand there trying to come up with another question to ask. I've seen both sides and it's been very educational.

Evelyn Ashford

#30. The fastest way to get me to go out and do something is to tell me no way I can do it.

Evelyn Ashford