Cameron van der Burgh quotes

“Throughout my whole swimming career, I've never been disqualified once. I've never been warned once.”
-- Cameron van der Burgh

Source : "London 2012: Swimmer hits back at Australian media over 'cheat' story", www.theguardian.com. August 9, 2012.

#Swimming Quotes #Careers Quotes

“It's unfortunate, I've been the victim of some Australian press.”
-- Cameron van der Burgh

Source : "London 2012: Swimmer hits back at Australian media over 'cheat' story". www.theguardian.com. August 9, 2012.

#Victim Quotes #Unfortunate Quotes

“Id go to swim practice, put my face in the water, and I didnt have to talk to anybody. Swimming was like my escape, but it was also like this huge prison because I felt like I had to swim up to peoples standards.”

“If not you, then who? If not now, then when?”

“It's weird, I was such a survivor and so wanted to be a part of life while I was trying to snuff out the life that was inside of me. I had this duality of trying to kill myself with drugs, then eating really good food and exercising and going swimming and trying to be a part of life. I was always going back and forth on some level.”

“She didn't know then that life has a way of backing you into a corner. You make your choices when you're far too young to understand their implications, and with each choice you make the field of possibility narrows. You choose a career and other careers are lost to you. You choose a mate and commit to loving no other.”

“When I was new, I didn't know where my career will go. Initially, my films were not even successful, but then I learned a lot from my mistakes.”

“And unlike the rest of you, he hasn’t yet time to ruin his career or his mind." "Then he won’t do. Send him home. Get us another lunatic." "Excuse me!" [hopping up to stand in his seat] "Elassar Targon, master of the universe, reporting for duty!" "I withdraw my objection.”

“The first part of my career, how I was paying the bills was commercials. I was just doing tons of commercials.”

Source : "The Dirt on Aaron Paul". Interview with Daniel Riley, www.gq.com. July 12, 2012.

“It's all about how can you take care of yourself when furthering your life's goals and ambitions, and purpose and whatever you choose - family, career - to maintain a really balanced, whole, healthy outlook.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“Truth is, you make albums, and some of those songs are hits, and some of the greatest hits albums have songs that weren't hits. You have a career, the reason why we're still around 10 years is that we do have successful songs.”

“It is true to say that the first kill can influence the whole future career of a fighter pilot. Many to whom the first victory over the opponent has been long denied either by unfortunate circumstances or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.”

Source : Adolf Galland (1954). “The first and the last: the rise and fall of the German fighter forces, 1938-1945”