Close Quote by Jaap Stam

We sunk everything into it. It came close to going under several times.

— Heston Blumenthal

So much working, reading, thinking, living to do! A lifetime is not long enough.

— Sylvia Plath

I was always working, so I would get reading done very late at night a lot of times.

— Frank Caliendo

At the beginning of the season, you're still getting your fitness levels up, and those first few games are quite tough.

— Aaron Ramsey

I feel like the off-season, for me, is not about getting on court and trying to improve or get better. I want to completely…

— Nick Kyrgios

I thought the playing time I was getting during the season was getting me ready for the playoffs. When it didn't happen and Coach…

— Monty Williams

Every game in this league is close, and it's going to come down to making plays at the end.

— Danny Amendola

“Do not let anything that happens in life be important enough that you’re willing to close your heart over it. When your heart starts…

— Michael A. Singer

The show did go on, but came very close to not going on at all.

— Chita Rivera

We have lasted this long close together, so we must have something going for each other.

— Linda McCartney

Of course I want to get into the England World Cup team, especially having been so close, but I'm not going to be concentrating…

— Michail Antonio

When you know that someone close to you is going to die, there's a natural tendency to want to spend as much time with…

— Nicholas Sparks