Zagunis Quotes & Sayings

We are one, you and I. Brothers in hate, brothers in cunning, brothers in the spirit of vengeance. — Rick Yancey

After a while he said: It's not about knowin where you are. It's about thinkin you got there without takin anything with you. Your notions about startin over. Or anybody's. You dont start over. That's what it's about. Ever step you take is forever. You cant make it go away. None of it. You understand what I'm saying? — Cormac McCarthy

I spent many years in grad school in English, so I've read a lot in a variety of genres. But adventure fantasy is my bread and butter as a reader, and probably always will be. So it's only natural that I came to that genre as a writer. — Saladin Ahmed

With sabre fencing, it's important to have a strong core. I do an exercise called 'the dead bug.' You sit on the round side of a Bosu ball, lean back, extend one arm and the opposite leg, then switch. — Mariel Zagunis

My parents are my No. 1 supporters and they always have been. — Mariel Zagunis

Be calm. God awaits you at the door. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The City of London has never been known for understanding technology and has never matched Silicon Valley's tradition of knowledgeable investment in technology start-ups, just as the U.K. government has never matched the vast investment made by the U.S. government. — Geoff Mulgan

My friend has a baby. I'm recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he meant. — Steven Wright

The flame of the diya, or lamp, reminds us that light will ultimately triumph over darkness — Barack Obama

I'm appalled that an industry has grown around teaching a practice as wholesome and spiritual as yoga, so I decided to create my own free video to help people get started. — Andrew Mason

For a long time, my life has not been quote-unquote normal. And I'm OK with that, because what I'm trying to do is something that's above and beyond, that not very many people in America or the world have achieved at all. So, I don't mind that my life is so hectic and crazy. — Mariel Zagunis

It's a hard loss when you lose by one point. — Mariel Zagunis

Luckily, I'm setting records without even thinking about it, without having the pressure of having to do as well as the person who came before me. It's more like, "Yeah, I'm doing my thing and what happens, happens," and fortunately those have been some pretty amazing results. — Mariel Zagunis

The sport has changed so much since 2004, it's incredible. If you look even at me, the way I'm fencing now compared to 2004, it's a completely different sport. They've changed so many things just with what [the referees] are calling, they've changed the timing of the [scoring] lights. You always have to be evolving as a fencer. The Olympics is interesting because it's such a small field compared to what we're used to. This world championships, I think we had a hundred and something [athletes]. The Olympics is going to be less than 32. — Mariel Zagunis

I did not want to worship gods as cruel as this - gods cruel enough to rape my mother after she objected to being deceived, or willing to waste the lives of hundreds, perhaps thousands of men in a useless war. I did not want to believe we could not be free. — Amalia Carosella

Beauclaire focused his attention, and I felt his magic send shivers of ice along my arms. — Patricia Briggs

When it comes to the heart and soul, only the Bible can bring true and lasting changes. — Jim George

What's the classical moment that every actor or actress deals with? A tragic thing. They get that blank, faraway look in their eyes. But in life, it's not that way. — Skeet Ulrich

I love waking up every single day and going to fencing practice in the morning and just working hard and setting those big goals one after another, and achieving them, and wanting to do it again and again and again. There's no reason for me to stop. — Mariel Zagunis

I had no name for that particular hue of orange, other than unfortunate. — Rachel Caine