Brett Quotes
I bowl my best when I am fittest and the best way to get fit is to bowl. That's how you get your rhythm. You cannot really find a rhythm by bowling in the nets.
Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds.
To me, the Sherlock Holmes stories are about a great friendship. Without Watson, Holmes might well have burnt out on cocaine long ago. I hope the series shows how important friendship is.
The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such places might be real.
Family is more than DNA, more than who we used to be, more than we can imagine we will become.
Don't be too brave. Bravery is a fine thing on some occasions, but sometimes it can be quite a dangerous thing. The stiff upper lip is not always the best.
Don't fear the unknown. Embrace the opportunity. Failure is not permanent it is the essence of learning.
I would like teachers to look deep because sometimes kids do have a faade that they put up because they feel vulnerable. Their creative truth may not be ready for their friends to see.
I like to pretend that each book is my first one and last one, because it takes a tremendous amount of energy to do a book.
I didn't know what to expect coming into this year. There were a lot of question marks, and I think that's obvious now. Can we overcome it? Time will tell.
Sure, sometimes guys pass you up in salary, and maybe it's a lesser player, but it's all based on what a team has as far as value in that person.
It's very challenging. The most important thing you need as a sportsman is to be clear on what you're actually doing.
Well family is obviously the most important. There was a time when I thought football was the most important.
I take a lot of pride in playing for the Yankees, and trying to do things the right way.
Old third basemen become first basemen, and old first basemen become designated hitters.
Even today, if the Royals win six games all year, if they're going to go 6-156, I hope they beat the Yankees six times.
Sometimes the best encouragement in the world is challenging someone to do more than they think they can do.
Teachers have to respect the privacy of students' creative life, but at the same time give them a chance to express themselves.
How's the game changed in my 15 years in the league? Well, we used to be called hard-working players. Now we're overpaid crybabies.
That's kind of how I approach life and football; why dwell on something that's hasn't happened.
Every day is not perfect. You have your bad days and good days just like anyone else. You do not want to talk to people sometimes. It is normal.
