Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nelly

I won an MVP trophy with the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Association. I didn't even start. I was a sub on this team. This was, like, an All-Star game where we had athletes from different teams, different mixtures. We had, like, the only black team in the league, basically. We had four players go to the All-Star game.

Charles Francis Richter

My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term 'magnitude,' which is used for the brightness of a star.

Tom Chatfield

We are all amateur attention economists, hoarding and bartering our moments - or watching them slip away down the cracks of a thousand YouTube clips.

Tiny Tim

I was trying to find an original style that didn't sound like Tony Bennett or anyone else. So I prayed about it, woke up with this high voice, and by 1954, I was going to amateur nights and winning.

Karrie Webb

There are great amateur bodies that have good programs right from the grassroots level to professionals.

Paul Slattery

Tom is quite an accomplished amateur chef. I wouldn't be surprised if he took over food preparation for the whole group and is making them incredible feasts.

Patrick Chan

In skating or any amateur sport, as athletes we share something in common: the cost of training is quite a burden on our parents or on the athletes themselves trying to find a way to pay for their costs.

Rickie Fowler

Time management is probably the biggest thing I've had to learn to deal with being on the PGA Tour, whether it be media or figuring out how many weeks to play in a row. That's been the biggest adjustment, coming from amateur and college golf.

Garry Hynes

There wasn't anyone in my family who was involved in the theatre. I saw a few amateur plays when I was growing up, but I can't think of anything that happened or anybody in particular who inspired me; it all came from within.