Delle Quotes & Sayings

That's the thing: You don't understand burnout unless you've been burned out. And it's something you can't even explain. It's just doing something you have absolutely no passion for. — Elena Delle Donne

It's expensive to raise a child with special needs, which people don't even think about. Emotionally it can be a struggle, but financially it's really rough. — Elena Delle Donne

When I was young, I was obsessed with Michael Jordan and the Bulls. He's the only person I get starstruck over. I don't know what I'd do if I met him - I'd be in shock! That's my dream. — Elena Delle Donne

I could do whatever I wanted as a girl, whatever my brother did. I could play against the boys and achieve whatever they did. — Elena Delle Donne

While working on The Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci regularly took off from painting for several hours at a time and seemed to be daydreaming aimlessly. Urged by his patron, the prior of Santa Maria delle Grazie, to work more continuously, da Vinci is reported to have replied, immodestly but accurately, 'The greatest geniuses accomplish more when they work less. — Tony Schwartz

We are still vulnerable to gender-targeted marketing no matter how carefully we edit our children's bookshelves. — Russell Smith

You don't have to follow what most players do by going to the top school. You can do anything at any school you're at, as long as you're focused and you work hard. — Elena Delle Donne

In high school and college all my friends and my brother wrestled. — Verne Troyer

I'm doing whatever I have to do to help my team win. So, instead of being focused on anything from the outside, I'm focused on winning and that next game. — Elena Delle Donne

If you want easy, don't pick fashion. — John Galliano

We were very nervous at the start, we didn't play our game at all. — Claudio Ranieri

He had come looking for a docile, submissive, sweet-natured girl and found instead a Celtic warrior woman, ferocious in her protectiveness of those she loved. Yet he had expected she would become the girl of his dreams simply because he dreamed it. — Delle Jacobs

Go ahead into life, full-blooded, courageous and leap for the adventure. But you must do it soon - before the summer of your youth has cooled off into caution. You are magnificently charming - and you come like a torrent. But you will be spent on the futility of little things. You are not a watercolor. You are carved out of life - and there can be no petty hesitancies about you. — Ruth Reichl

Believe everything you read — Kurt Cobain

Every builder builds somewhat for unknown purposes, and is in a measure a prophet. — Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

Most large media firms make outsized investments to acquire and market a small number of titles with strong hit potential, and bank on their sales to make up for middling performance in the rest of their catalogs. — Anita Elberse

Just like you, your partner wants to be loved for who they are, in spite of their shortcomings. Make an effort to let them know they are loved, even if some of their behavior is not. Work towards co-creative solutions. — Arielle Ford

I thought I needed to go to one of the top five schools in the nation and never even thought 'What's important to me?' Instead of figuring out what was important, which was obviously being near home, I kind of just went with what everyone thought I should do. — Elena Delle Donne

As I grew up, I became aware that there are people with special needs out there, and I have a real connection with them. — Elena Delle Donne

I will say that art may well be the only thing that lasts, so I guess it's worth trying. — Nellie McKay

They walked slowly, taking the shortest way, deliberately cutting through Campo delle Fava to avoid the crowds in Calle della Bissa. When they arrived at the foot of the Rialto bridge, they looked up at it, horrified. Anthill, termites, wasps. Ignoring these thoughts, they locked arms and started up, eyes on their feet and the area immediately in front of them. Up, up, up as feet descended towards them, but they ignored them and didn't stop. Up, up, up and across the top, shoving their way through the motionless people, deaf to their admiration. Then down, down, down, the momentum of their descent making them more formidable, They saw the feet of the people coming up towards them dance to the side at their approach, hardened their hearts to their protests, and plunged ahead. Then left and into the underpass, where they stopped, Brunetti's pulse raced and Paola leaned helpless on his arm.

"I can't stand it any more," Paola said and pressed her forehead against his shoulder. — Donna Leon

Spend time with your family and try to spend time doing things that you enjoy doing other than basketball. — Elena Delle Donne

The battle of the sexes will never be won as long as we keep sleeping with the enemy. — Emo Philips

My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age. — Toby Keith

I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing. — Thomas Haden Church

Every time I was playing basketball, I felt sick to my stomach. I didn't realize that feeling was having to leave my family - having to leave my sister, who can't even communicate with me when I'm gone. — Elena Delle Donne

I'd rather be a face for happiness and doing things that you have a passion for, rather than faking it and pretending like I'm this face of women's basketball, when I can't stand the sport at all. — Elena Delle Donne

Admittedly, I dressed up for the occasion again - I never said I wasn't fucked up. — Nina G. Jones

Volleyball was a lot of fun, but I knew it wasn't my sport. — Elena Delle Donne

If the idea is really new and unique and big, other people will all think it is bad and is going to fail. — Peter Diamandis