There's nothing wrong with athletics, but they shouldn't…

“In between bites of banana, Mr. Remora would tell stories, and the children would write the stories down in notebooks, and every so often…

— Lemony Snicket

We want to promote the great quality of athletics - and maintain it's integrity - all over the world.

— Alberto Juantorena

While receiving radiation treatment for a thyroid illness, I had refused to take beta-blockers - a medication that would have eased its side effects…

— Gail Devers

If you have the sense of participation in sports or athletics, of being a player, then you are not really into the Zen mind.…

— Frederick Lenz

There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.

— Pat Riley

The minute you get away from fundamentals – whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation – the bottom can fall out of…

— Michael Jordan

The carefully fostered theory that schoolwork can be made easy and enjoyable breaks down as soon as anything, however trivial, has to be learned.

— Agnes Repplier

My 'act' was schoolwork. I was your basic, garden-variety, ambitious, upwardly mobile, hard-working Jewish boy from Brooklyn. I was bound to go beyond my…

— Clive Davis

“Reading has become schoolwork, not an activity in which students willingly engage outside of school.”

— Donalyn Miller

I've always enjoyed real work more than schoolwork. My mother will attest to that - she was always concerned about me academically.

— David Ulevitch

In America, the only truly popular art form is the movies. Most people consider painting a hobby and literature, schoolwork.

— Brad Holland

My health and schoolwork come first. I work hard to get lots of sleep, but I probably work just as hard to spend time…

— Marley Dias

The business of schools is to design, create, and invent high-quality, intellectually demanding schoolwork that students find engaging.

— Phillip C. Schlechty

I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my schoolwork suffered at one point.

— Lady Gaga

Schoolwork came easy to me. I learned to play piano effortlessly. I was coasting.

— Trent Reznor