Quotes on Squash

Whence comes this idea that if what we are doing is fun, it can't be God's will? The God who made giraffes, a baby's fingernails, a puppy's tail, a crooknecked squash, the bobwhite's call, and a young girl's giggle, has a sense of humor. Make no mistake about that.

Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing.

I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side.

Sometimes parents squash students' interests because they are afraid of science or math. So they don't participate. You don't have to know the answers to engage kids; you just have to let them know it's important.

Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.

As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.

To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win.

I used to think that animation was about moving stuff. In order to make it really great, you bounce it, squash it, stretch it, make the eyes go big. But, as time went on, I started loving animating a character who had a kind of burning passion in her heart. Suddenly, animation became for me not so much about moving stuff as it was about moving the audience.

There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe.

We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.

Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?

As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.

Serious sport is war minus the shooting.

Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft.

You know, when you get your first asparagus, or your first acorn squash, or your first really good tomato of the season, those are the moments that define the cook's year. I get more excited by that than anything else.

When someone critises or disagrees with you, a small ant of hatred and antagonism is born in your heart. If you do not squash that ant at once, it might grow into a snake, or even a dragon.

The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.