Basketball coach Quote by Stanley Gordon West

“Possessing perfect knowledge I hover above him as he hacks me to bits. I see his rough childhood. I see his mother doing something…

— George Saunders

“It had been a marvelous childhood. Damn near perfect. If he was not leading the life he'd anticipated, if he sometimes lay in bed…

— Julia Quinn

“Two things about Sam Walton distinguish him from almost everyone else I know. First, he gets up every day bound and determined to improve…

— Sam Walton

“I admit that I treed a rheumatic grandfather of mine in the winter of 1850. He was old and inexpert in climbing trees, but…

— Mark Twain

“Long after the other voices had dropped away, Sam kept howling, very soft and slow. When he finally fell silent, the night felt dead.…

— Maggie Stiefvater

“Sam Walton: I had to pick myself up and get on with it, do it all over again, only even better this time.”

— Sam Walton

“He was ragged around the edges, a walking open wound with psych issues galore. But he still had a beating heart. Thoughts, feelings, fears.…

— Tonya Burrows

“Then one of the most hurtful memories came up. It was one night about a year ago. I was 16 and my mom brought…

— Anthony London

“A young girl, a freshman, I met in a bar in Cambridge my junior year at Harvard told me early one fall that “Life…

— Bret Easton Ellis

“In the deserted men's restroom at the back of Middleton Community College, Sam Keller knelt on the tile, braced his hands against Keith Jameson's…

— Heidi Cullinan

“Once, John confronted a neighbor whose son had kicked a ball into the backyard. The boy’s mother apologized profusely and asked for the ball…

— Andrew Gifford

“I knew Noah worshipped Charlie Parker and that his toothbrush was green. That he wouldn't bother to button his shirts correctly but always made…

— Michelle Hodkin