George Sr Quotes & Sayings

One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve. — George Allen, Sr.

The street to obscurity is paved with athletes who can perform great feats before friendly crowds. — George Allen, Sr.

Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done. — George Allen, Sr.

When we get to the future, I'll decide the future. — George E. Allen, Sr.

Joe Morgan was the one guy that absolutely put our team really over the top ... Then we had George Foster come in; Ken Griffey Sr. was as good a two-place hitter as there has ever been in the game, and Cesar Geronimo won four Gold Glove awards. I mean, how could you ask for a better team? — Johnny Bench

Leisure time is that five or six hours when you sleep at night. — George Allen, Sr.

To this day George Sr. is the soft touch and I'm the enforcer. I'm the one who writes them a letter and says 'Shape up!' He writes, 'You're marvelous.' — Barbara Bush

Winning is the science of being totally prepared. — George Allen, Sr.

Success is what you do with your ability. It's how you use your talent. — George Allen, Sr.

Monday is President's Day and former President Bill Clinton is very excited. He is taking George Bush, Sr. to 'Hooters' ... George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton have been spending more and more time together. Doesn't that seem like an unusual couple to you, honestly? Earlier today they went to go see that gay cowboy movie. — David Letterman

The achiever is the only individual who is truly alive. — George Allen, Sr.

If you want to catch more fish, use more hooks. — George Allen, Sr.

The tougher the job, the greater the reward. — George Allen, Sr.

Forget the past - the future will give you plenty to worry about. — George Allen, Sr.

When we get to the future, I'll determine the future. — George Allen, Sr.

The young Lucas may have been ambivalent about movies, but there was one entertainment, in fact one place, he was very passionate about. "I loved Disneyland," Lucas said - and so, it seemed, did George Lucas Sr., who flew the entire family to southern California to be there for the park's opening day in July 1955.81 — Brian Jay Jones

Lou Gerstner knows how to do a deal, and George Bush Sr., less so. — Lou Gerstner

Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It's the best part of the day. — George Allen, Sr.

George W. Bush is long gone, and with him the idea that 'Israel can do no wrong.' — Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

More than all, and above all, [George] Washington was master of himself. If there be one quality more than another in his character which may exercise a useful control over the men of the present hour, it is the total disregard of self when in the most elevated positions for influence and example. — Charles Francis Adams, Sr.

Every day you waste is one you can never make up. — George Allen, Sr.

Persevere and get it done. — George Allen, Sr.

Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can. — George Allen, Sr.

Each year they threw open the grounds of the manor house for a party attended by children from some of the roughest districts of Birmingham. They built a large hall known as The Barn in the park to provide tea and refreshments for up to seven hundred children. George Sr., with his love of nature, believed strongly that every child should have access to playing outside in clean air. Games were organized in the open fields, but the star attraction was the open-air baths. More than fifty children could bathe at any one time, and for the young visitors, most of whom had no access to a bath, it was thrilling. The sun on their backs, the sparkling water always inviting, the boys from the inner cities had no desire to leave and would stay in all day, until they were blue and shivering and cleaner than they had been in years. — Deborah Cadbury

Every time you win, you're reborn; when you lose, you die a little. — George Allen, Sr.