The more I practice – the luckier I am.
Ike’s problem was that he was a musician who always wanted to be a star; and he was a star, locally, but never internationally… so he changed his name to Ike and changed my name to Tina, because if I ran away, Tina was his name. It was patented, as they say.
I thought I was stone rich, so I poured money out with both hands – and now I owe right and left.
We may hold different points of view but it is in times of stress and difficulty that we most need to remember that we have much more in common than there is dividing us.
I am a trained teacher. But apparently not good at pedagogy
Use your success, wealth and influence to put them in the best position to realize their own dreams and find their true purpose.
It’s okay to be a little fucked up in the head. We all are. It’s only when you’re fucked up in the heart that makes you a piece of shit.
I don’t believe in motivating a team. I believe in preparing a team so that they know that they have the necessary confidence when they go on the pitch – and are therefore prepared to play a good game.
I don’t think you should think too much about the fact that time is passing and you’re not a teenager anymore. Then you just get plagued and get even more wrinkles and look even more grumpy and sad.
When you are extra strong, you have a special obligation to be sweet to others
One man can be crucial to a team, but one man cannot make a whole team.
The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.
We had a good team on paper. Unfortunately, the game was played on grass.
The beauty in being blessed with talent is rising above doubters to create a beautiful moment.
I don’t hate myself anymore. I used to hate my work, hate the sexy image, hate the pictures of me on stage, hate the big vulgar person. On stage, I act the whole time I’m there. As soon as I come out of those songs, I’m Tina again.
They say cristiano ronaldo scores only against small teams? That’s true because there’s no bigger team than Real Madrid.
Set the bar high for your goals and don’t stop until you get there.
When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.
We did not underestimate them. They were just so much better than we expected.
None of us can slow the passage of time; and while we often focus on all that has changed in the intervening years, much remains unchanged, including the Gospel of Christ and his teachings.
When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen, I was a dreamer. I read comic books and I was the hero of the comic book. I saw movies and I was the hero in the movie. So every dream I ever dreamed has come true a hundred times…I learned very early in life that: ‘Without a song, the day would never end; without a song, a man ain’t got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend – without a song.’ So I keep singing a song. Goodnight. Thank you.
If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.
Never stop being a good person because of bad people.
My family is so poor that we combined my father’s funeral with my 50th birthday.
The most memorable moments in life are the ones you never planned.