In futsal, I picked up specific technical skills.

Though my grandmother had picked up modern ideas in America, she still had some conflicting 19th-century Irish notions. She believed that daughters, educated though…

— Rosemary Mahoney

It's important to know how much I'll play and how much the club trusts me, that's why I picked Juventus because they told me…

— Matthijs de Ligt

“I’ve picked a side,” she said darkly. “And everyone’s on it. And that’s exactly who I’m going to save.”

— Dan Wells

From every little territory I've been, I've picked something up, things that I could use to better my game, to take with me, and…

— Ryan Babel

I've always said the bass just happens to be the crayon I picked out of the box. I'd still be drawing the same pictures...…

— Les Claypool

I always wanted to do be an allrounder. I don't know why I picked keeping.

— Dinesh Karthik

I've never picked any of my opponents - from Amir Khan to Lucas Matthysse to Keith Thurman to Lamont Peterson.

— Danny Garcia

I was quiet a lot when I was picked on as a kid because I didn't have anything to say back.

— John Leguizamo

You pick your destiny or maybe destiny picks you. But it picked me to box, definitely.

— Andy Ruiz Jr

When I was 15, I came downstairs one morning, picked up mother's newspaper and, oh, what a shock! The Titanic had gone. The 'unsinkable'…

— Henry Allingham

The moment when you find out when you shoot the pilot - getting the pilot is a small victory. You shoot the pilot, and…

— Kevin Dillon

Letters actually work. Even the top dog himself takes time every day to read 10 letters that are picked out by staff. I can…

— Omar Ahmad

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite American traditions. I quickly picked it up when I moved to the U.S. from Sweden.

— Marcus Samuelsson

That's what my Dad always told me, on the ballot, they should always have a third choice, like none of the above, then if…

— Meg White

I first picked up a violin aged five - I just assumed everyone played.

— Andre Rieu