Quotes About Progress

My first name during my first match was 'Lena.' I was still Lena then, just because we hadn't gotten a name yet.

I was the first one on the team, and I got to watch everybody come in.

It's harder to get your second picture than it is to get your first one.

The second season is always easier than the first one. When you change, it's always more difficult. You have to adapt to the way your team plays; you have to adapt to your team-mates, to the league, to the referees.

Replacing General McChrystal with David Petraeus was a good first step, but more will be needed.

'Cheers' was a good first step because I got to write my own material.

I don't know what I'm going to do with my law degree. Hopefully I'll get the law degree - that's the first step.

When a black person gets money, becomes a successful - say, billionaire - first thing they do is move out of the black community. They just don't move out to be safer or move out to get a better house. They cut the cord.

One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.

You don't have to get it right the first time.

I kind of discovered my voice for the first time, and the more I did it, the better it got.

I made my first World Championships team at 12.

If you go to a second-rate place, and you are first-rate, it is very difficult to do first-rate work because you do not get that critical feedback you need for first-rate work on a daily basis.

It is important for India to stay the course on fiscal consolidation.

You cannot build a company or manage a life by chasing others; you have to find your success competing against yourself. There will always be a bigger fish.

My father was a tricycle driver before, then he became a farmer and a fisherman.

My first computer was an IBM Display Writer. With all its components, it was roughly the size of a bass fishing boat.

I think the biggest thing for me is being able to adjust to the way the game has changed. It's basically a 180-degree turn from the style I like to play. That's what I think I'm most proud of, being able to fit into this style of game and still be fairly successful.

I constantly want to see what level of fitness I am at.

I just started working out and concentrated on my fitness. I did not change my face, I am the same.

Fitness is not about being better than someone else, but it is about being better than what you used to be!

As we've got more data, and ClassPass has grown, we've had to change rather than have a one-size fits all approach.

By having much, you are fitted to have more.

We didn't feel we fitted into the '80s.