Average Quotes
1590 quotes by 1249 authors
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Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common.
— Robert J. LeRoy
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You don't win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
— Bill Walton
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The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is only a mouthing of clichés.
— H. L. Mencken
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Aggressive play is a vital asset of the world's greatest golfers. However, it's even more important to the average player. Attack this game in a…
— Greg Norman
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The average American's simplest and commonest form of breakfast consists of coffee and beefsteak.
— Mark Twain
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Somewhere between the ages of eleven and fifteen, the average child begins to suffer from an atrophy, the paralysis of curiosity and the suspension of…
— Thomas A. Edison
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A half-hearted spirit has no power. Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Average people enter into their endeavors headlong and without care.
— Epictetus
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we cannot afford to settle for being just average; we must learn as much as we can to be the best that we can. The…
— Bill Cosby
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The average player would rather play than watch. Those who don't play can't possibly appreciate the subtleties of the game. Trying to get their attention…
— Bob Toski
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The moment the average golfer attempts to play from long grass or a bunker or from a difficult lie of any kind, he becomes a…
— Bobby Jones
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A leading difficulty with the average player is that he totally misunderstands what is meant by concentration. He may think he is concentrating hard when…
— Bobby Jones
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Zappos uses call center technology to track average call time per agent. But the goal isn't to reduce this average - it's more important that…
— Tony Hsieh
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By the age of 18, the average American has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence on television, most of them occurring during Game 1 of an…
— Steve Rushin
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The average American is nothing if not patriotic.
— Herbert Croly
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The camera has always been a guide, and it's allowed me to see things and focus on things that maybe an average person wouldn't even…
— Don Chadwick
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If you're running a 26-mile marathon, remember that every mile is run one step at a time. If you are writing a book, do it…
— Charles R. Swindoll
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There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average.
— Hal Higdon
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The average golfer's problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doing
— Ben Hogan
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The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he gets…
— H. L. Mencken
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The idea that leisure is of value in itself is only conditionally true. The average man simply spends his leisure as a dog spends it.…
— H. L. Mencken
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