Jay Bilas Quotes

#1. We don't really like rules. We think, in some way, they are an infringement of liberty.

Julian Fellowes

#2. Toughness is a skill. I don't think we're all born tough. You learn about toughness through your experience.

Jay Bilas

#3. The greatest compliment to any player is he is a great teammate. We can't all be great players, but we can all be great teammates

Jay Bilas

#4. The players I respected most were the toughest players, not those who talked a good game or blocked a shot and acted like a fool.

Jay Bilas

#5. Whether you want to uncover the secrets of the universe, or you just want to pursue a career in the 21st century, basic computer programming is an essential skill to learn

Stephen Hawking

#6. We need sex education in schools, but we need it at home first. We need parents to learn the names of the teachers who are teaching their children. We need families to question day-care centers, to question other children and their own as to what goes on.

Rod McKuen

#7. Do not turn me
into
restless waters

if you cannot promise
to be my stream.

Sanober Khan

#8. I can play anywhere. First, third, left field, anywhere but Philadelphia.

Richie Allen

#9. Played percussively, the piano is a bore. If I go to a concert and someone plays like that I have two choices: go home or go to sleep. The goal is to make the piano sing, sing, sing.

Vladimir Horowitz

#10. One of the basic needs of every human being is the need to be loved, to have our wishes and feelings taken seriously, to be validated as people who matter.

Harold S. Kushner

#11. I was kind of an innocent hayseed from a middle-class, utterly nonintellectual background.

Julia Child

#12. I try to not read about myself. I think it's easier to have it out of sight and out of mind.

Vanessa Hudgens

#13. Hard work is not punishment. Hard work is the price of admission for the opportunity to reach sustained excellence

Jay Bilas

#14. Shit pours out of my mouth before I can stop it, and I need to be around people that can hack the fucking awesomeness that is me.

Samantha Young

#15. Everybody is on something these days. It's a racket. Overprescribing, masking the problem.

Keith Donohue

#16. The tough player is the one who is difficult to play against and easy to play with

Jay Bilas

#17. I don't have to be what you want me to be.

Muhammad Ali

#18. And then I knew I didn't love Amy anymore

Gillian Flynn

#19. Entitlement never wins Championships, Investment wins Championships.

Jay Bilas

#20. Toughness has nothing to do with size, physical strength or athleticism. Toughness is A SKILL that can be developed & improved.

Jay Bilas

#21. I was totally picked on, but look at me now! I was definitely picked on by boys and girls. I was really lanky and skinny and the boys would say, 'Turn sideways and stick out your tongue, you look like a zipper.'

Krysten Ritter