Don't be afraid to ask people 'why,' 'what if.' Don't be afraid to attack your career. Get in the game, don't stay on the sidelines.

You always have to go for bigger and better things.

Every game is an away game. Sometimes its hard to keep up with real life.

If more women would watch women's sports on TV it would urge [TV] executives to put more on.

I have really tried my best to ignore any double standard. I can't control the expectations of other people. I can control my attitude and my energy, and that's always been very positive.

Every woman I know in the broadcast business worked hard so we can talk about sports, not talk about us talking about sports. Ultimately, that's the goal. When the game starts, it's just a game.

We don't have a rooting interest. We have an interest in watching people excel and then coming up with creative ways to describe it.

I always knew I wanted to do it [broadcast]. I was always playing [sports] and I talked a lot too.

I could taste the salt on her lips, each kiss like a summer wave breaking on an empty beach.

when you hate someone, at the same time, you grab that person and give a space in yourself for that person. that's when your hatred might turn into affection, into love.

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.

It is possible to imagine a person so entirely that the image resists attempts to dislodge it.

Everyone wants to be well-loved and appreciated but, at the same time, there are some people that just don't want to be your friend, and there's nothing you can do or say to change that.

I'm not afraid of chaos and I'm happy talking to strangers. I really love not knowing where I'm going.

I do send out information about my books. Very few people buy the books that way, but I always feel that if they want to know more about the process, they can get the information from my books.

All that is needed for the majority of labors to go well is a healthy, pregnant woman who has loving support in labor, self-confidence , and attendants with infinite patience.

Always be suspicious of conclusions that reinforce uncritical hope and follow comforting traditions of Western thought.

I liked books - the respite and privacy of them - books about plants and the formation of ice and the business of world wars. Whenever I sank into them I felt free.