Gaines Adams quotes

“Coach Morris wasn't too hard on me, not at all. Being drafted where I was at, there were high expectations for me. I still have high expectations for myself.”
-- Gaines Adams

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“Back home in South Carolina, you have a lot of little soul food restaurants you can run to and get some quick, decent food.”
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“Julius Peppers is a beast, man. I dont know how many pounds he outweighs me by... I still try to do things like him to make my game better.”
-- Gaines Adams

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“Everything. I have done everything you wanted...You asked that the child be taken. I took him. You cowered before me. I was frightening...I have reordered time...I have turned the world upside down...And I have done it all for you. I am exhausted from living up to your expectations.”

“Acceptance is supposed to be a good thing - Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. Also compromise, as every couples therapist will tell you. But the cost was high - the damping of expectation, the dwindling of spirit, the resignation that comes to replace enthusiasm, the cynicism that supplants hope. The mouldering that goes unnoticed and unchecked.”

Source : A. S. A. Harrison (2013). “The Silent Wife: A Novel”, p.143, Penguin

“If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.”

Source : As quoted in "Perfecting Private Practice" by Joan Neehall-Davidson, (p. 95), 2004.

“We intend to conduct our business in a way that not only meets but exceeds the expectations of our customers, business partners, shareholders, and creditors, as well as the communities in which we operate and society at large.”

“If people know we expect good things from them, they will in most cases go to great lengths to live up to our expectations.”

Source : Alan Loy McGinnis (1985). “Bringing Out the Best in People: How to Enjoy Helping Others Excel”, p.28, Augsburg Books

“Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach.”

“In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.”

“I still get butterflies when England are playing.”

“The worst happens, and life still goes on.”

“To be excited is still to be unsatisfied.”