Attitude Quotes (1570 Quotes)



    Much stronger boys in her class soon learned that it could be quite unpleasant to fight with that skinny girl. Unlike other girls in the class, she never backed down, and she would not for a second hesitate to use her fists or any weapon at hand to protect herself. She went around with the attitude that she would rather be beaten to death than take any shit.



    I've been doing this a long time, and I've come to learn that predictions don't mean much. Too much lies outside the realm of medical knowledge. A lot of what happens next comes down to you and your specific genetics, your attitude. No, there's nothing we can do to stop the inevitable, but that's not the point. The point is that you should try to make the most of the time you have left.


    If you worked out enough, maybe the man would too. Maybe you would be able to work it out together, as if the two of you were a puzzle that could be solved; otherwise, one of you, most likely the man, taking his addictive body with him and leaving you with bad withdrawal, which you could counteract by exercise. If you didn't work it out it was because one of you had the wrong attitude.


    It was like swimming against a current that swept you backwards however hard you struggled, and then suddenly deciding to turn round and go with the current instead of opposing it. Nothing had changed except your own attitude: the predestined thing happened in any case.


    The foundation is just everything. Throughout my childhood, my parents were always behind me in everything I wanted to do. Having the support behind me made me strive and keep striving and just have that no-fear attitude. ... We do everything together.


    I think she's a little more relaxed and she goes in with the attitude to just play. Last season (in the playoffs), she would get frustrated, and this year, she's more relaxed.


    The weekend is going to be extremely difficult as we are playing indoors against three teams that have been practicing indoors all season. Overall, we are going in with nothing to lose, sort of the underdog attitude. I like this because we can play loose and that is when good things can happen.

    When I am on the field, I am an assistant coach responsible to the head coach and I convey that attitude, ... I am a volunteer to help these young men kick the football. That's my job in that arena.


    I can't say exactly what did it, but Chris has a different attitude. I've seen him yelling at people and getting people in line. That just wasn't the Chris that we had before.

    They don't overanalyze everything like a veteran player can do. They're just trying to get through that day and the next play and that was the case a lot of times this year. They didn't panic because they didn't know any better. I'm hoping they keep that attitude.

    You don't want him under wraps. You don't want to squelch his enthusiasm or attitude, because that's what makes him such a great player. One way or another, he needs to be able to release.

    We treated it like other matches and went in with a workman's-like attitude. We knew what we had to do and feeling that we matched up pretty well with Maryland, we were confident going into the match.

    Commissioner Gary Bettman , in an online chat with fans, said that reaching a new collective agreement with the players is not about compromise. It's about doing the right thing to ensure that the game and the franchises are healthy. ... It's unfortunate that he does not see compromise as the way to get a deal done. That attitude is what has prevented us from having any meaningful negotiations that can lead to a fair deal for both sides. It is disturbing that their only response is to say they have all the solutions and there can be no compromise.

    Evangelism is not an activity at all. It is rather an attitude of mind behind all Christian activity. Evangelism is not a list of certain things done, but the spirit in which they are done. That is precisely why it cannot be organized. It is perhaps best described as an attitude of mind towards God and the world an attitude which the Church must recover if she is to be true to her Lord, and to seize hold of the present opportunity.

    Certain kinds of speed, flow, intensity, density of attacks, density of interaction... Music that concentrates on those qualities is, I think, easier achieved by free improvisation between people sharing a common attitude, a common language.

    Scott is a natural leader. And he had a winner's attitude. He's just a tremendous competitor. When it got down to crunch time, he wanted the ball, he wanted to make the play. And he was smart. He understood the offense, and we really were doing some different things back then. Everyone had confidence in him.

    That, to me, was the most impressive thing of the whole night. On the bench, there was no frustration. There was nothing other than, 'All it will take is one shot.' I was extremely impressed with the attitude, being there firsthand.

    Football clubs can no longer ignore the issue of ticket revenues. There must be a tidal change in the attitude towards club funding in the next few years because there is simply no getting away from the fact that ticket prices cannot continue to rise at the rate they have. This means costs will have to be cut elsewhere and the development of other revenue streams considered. The most obvious place to rein in costs is player salaries.

    Obviously, it is tough losing a guy of his caliber, his ability, but I think we might be better off. ... Nothing against him and his attitude. It's just that when you get out there on the field, it's about playing together.


    The corporate attitude is that they don't want to track newsgroups to solve technical problems the bulk of the industry simply wants to buy solutions, and so we're scaling up.


    A lot of it was me, ... A lot of it was a change in the mentality. We have a new attitude. Any arena you're in, attitude is probably 90 percent of being successful. Well, not 90 percent. At least 70 percent. You have to have talent, too.

    It's that kind of attitude when we talk about getting better. How do we get better We get better in the mind. We have a veteran team, they know how to do it. We stay disciplined with our defense and our principles and we make this kind of covenant with each other that we're going to defend.


    We had to restore the attitude of being hard to beat. Over the past 18 months we've tried to change that philosophy because you try to improve by getting in better players and trying to play more open, attractive football. We had to go back to basics and to do that I had to rely on players who have been with me a long time. I always know what I'm going to get off them and they gave everything they could.

    Remember last year 'Gregg, you can't stop the run with that defensive line.' 'Gregg, these guys can't rush the passer.' I don't know why I didn't cut my wrist and lay in a hot tub of water. Every one of them played with an attitude.


    I accomplished a lot of things in high school, but this is a completely different game. If I can carry things over, just the same attitude, same intensity level and just learn, keep my ears open to everything and just keep working hard.


    I felt like we had a great spring. You are not sure how young people will respond after the excitement we had on January 4. People have talked to them about how great they are for a couple of months now and that is a dangerous thing for young student-athletes and I am really proud of the attitude this bunch has taken to continue to work. As you could see tonight they are very physical and it has been that way all spring.

    My main goal is to maintain a club year after year. It's a healthy environment for kids and helps build self-confidence. Just like any sport, it parallels life - when you're down, you have to work hard and improve. Most people don't realize the amount of stamina it takes to box. It takes a rare kid to keep showing up practice after practice. I won't let them come in with the attitude that 'I'm going to beat someone up.' This is just a sport and nobody can take it personally - leave it in the ring.

    There is a difference. How its different Im not sure I can explain. I know that were playing the game better. Theres an attitude that, even when we get beat, we come back in the next day and were ready to go.

    It wasn't that he had a bad attitude. He had no attitude. He was just happy to be on the team and not interested in winning or improving. He didn't understand how hard you had to work in practice at this level. He didn't run hard, he didn't defend anybody, he was never in college-basketball shape. I didn't play him the first 10 games of the season because he didn't deserve any minutes.

    After three years preparing for it, I think she's ready. I'm looking for her to go this year. I feel very confident that she will do it. Nothing is guaranteed, but judging by her hard work and her (positive) attitude, she deserves to go and will go to the state level.


    My laptop, a nearby airport, and the willingness of Bright Horizons to support me in meeting my personal needs made my Southern office a reality. In return for this company's attitude, I am always ready to offer my colleagues a few days in the Lake Worth sun. Golfers have preference.


    We've been preparing for this for a long time. We've always had the confidence, attitude and potential to come out and get the first one. We knew if we had energy that we'd have to work hard the whole game and not let up.


    It's been kind of strange, really. A lot of missed opportunities. We're getting our hands on the ball, and we've just got to come up with it and just make it happen. It's not something that's going to happen unless we make it happen. It's an attitude, and we've got to continue working at it, and sooner or later it's going to open up like a floodgate.




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