Quotes About Participation

When you compete you feel as though you can help the team. Win or lose you can have a hand in what happens.

Without individuals feeling safe and having an environment of safety, they then have reluctance of taking part in the city of being active. They wind up wanting to leave the city. That's more detrimental.

The view of the local scene through the eyes of a native participant in that scene is a different window.

I will go to my grave believing that participation is best driven by the well-stocked shop window.

The desire to share is not a vague, windy sentiment, not when you see the massive rise in live concerts in response to the phenomenon of downloading music... People want to get rid of the headphones and be part of a shared experience.

If enough people would come out the right wing, the extremists couldn't dominate.

I can't imagine the right wing trying to unite without my participation.

The winner of the elections which saw the participation of almsot 30 million people was the Iranian nation and the losers were those who tried to keep people away from the polls.

I've always been involved in politics, since I was 8 or 9 years old. I sold Kool-Aid for McGovern - I could always pick a winner.

Yes, dodgeball encourages competitiveness. Yes, the stronger, more athletic kids are going to be more successful at it than the weaker ones, but what game doesn't have winners and losers?

Marathon running, like golf, is a game for players, not winners. That is why Callaway sells golf clubs and Nike sells running shoes. But running is unique in that the world's best racers are on the same course, at the same time, as amateurs, who have as much chance of winning as your average weekend warrior would scoring a touchdown in the NFL.

The whole spirit of 'Eddie The Eagle' is that it's the taking part that counts, not the winning.

We're all from China, and whoever wins, it's OK - I just try my best.

You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.

Science in textbooks is not fun. But if you start doing science yourself, you will find delight.

The attainment of the present status of Thailand has to depend on the ability or the actions of all the inhabitants of the country.

I am active in brain storming with our people, our strategists, in Thailand.

Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

The most important political office is that of the private citizen.

One of the most important parts of my life has been community.

Health is the one thing we all have in common regardless of race, creed, or income. Everyone should participate in creating the solutions.

The one thing you dont want to do is deny young boys and girls, people that want to play the game and support the game, the opportunity to do so because of limited spots.

I'm in no way suggesting that my opinion matters more than anyone else's, of course, but the only thing that bothers me is apathy. People that sit out of the process and complain about it, or pretend that politics isn't a part of their everyday lives.

Part of the problem with politics is we don't have people who want to get in the fray because of guys like Sen. McConnell, who essentially invented negative campaigning.