I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
‐‐ Lou Holtz
I used to pray to God that I wouldn't get breasts. Then in my teens, I tried to be quite feminine.
‐‐ Ruby Rose
I used to pre-rehearse everything and then bring my pre-rehearsed performance to the set. Now, I'm learning to let it happen in the moment. American actors are much better at that than British actors. If I knew how to trust myself, I would have been much more relaxed. Maybe I would have less gray hairs today.
‐‐ Hugh Grant
I used to pretend that I was Tom attacking Jerry, who was drawn on the ball.
‐‐ Monica Seles
I used to pride myself on being the first in the office in the morning and one of the last to leave at night. Now, that's so dated: It's not about effort, it's about outcomes.
‐‐ Maynard Webb
I used to pride myself on the fact that I kept a house running and never burdened anybody.
‐‐ Michael Learned
I used to produce this band, Dragons of Zynth. There's something about their live shows, which, to me, is ultimate. I mean, you feel like somebody could get hurt when you go see them live.
‐‐ Andrew Wyatt
I used to psych myself up before the show and now I do the complete opposite: I psych myself down. It's 12:30 at night, you don't want some guy yelling at you. You want some guy just talking to you.
‐‐ Craig Ferguson
I used to publish these stories in 32-page comics, and I would either do short stories or break the long ones up into chunks so there would be some variety inside the comic. But since then, people have been doing more and more long, standalone works, and the term 'graphic novel' has sort of become the codified term now.
‐‐ Jim Woodring
I used to pull rank and wait until the wind was blowing out.
‐‐ Joe Cronin
I used to put all my doll babies on my bed with their hands up and I would do full shows for them. I'd even do the screaming and clapping. I was bugging to be a singer.
‐‐ Missy Elliott
I used to put on sketch shows at boarding school when I was eight. I'm not sure about the material, but it did used to get a laugh.
‐‐ Belinda Stewart-Wilson
I used to read a lot about myself and the projects I was doing. When I was only acting, I wouldn't read any reviews because I didn't find them to be very helpful.
‐‐ James Franco
I used to read about people who'd say, 'I dream my books, and then I write them down.' And I was like, 'Oh, please.'
‐‐ Judy Blume
I used to read comics when I was a kid.
‐‐ Jeff Bridges
I used to read every golf magazine front to back; I was addicted to Golf Channel, read Rotella, read every golf book.
‐‐ Trent Dilfer
I used to read five psalms every day - that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.
‐‐ Billy Graham
I used to read Gore Vidal books and think I was cool.
‐‐ Matt Smith
I used to read music books when I was 13. My mom was working at a library. She's a librarian. I would get my mom to check out any kind of books that had anything to do with the music industry. I read a lot about royalities, publishing, marketing, stuff like that.
‐‐ Juicy J
I used to read science fiction a lot, and I still like science fiction when it is a model of how we really are and to see ourselves from another perspective.
‐‐ Alan Alda
I used to read the criticism on blogs about other people - mostly female actresses and singers - and even when they are extremely perfect and harmless, people still go after them. So I figure, if I'm going to get negativity regardless, why do I have to worry about what somebody thinks of me?
‐‐ Kat Graham
I used to really panic about finals. I didn't understand the concept of how you could have one test that encompasses the entire semester.
‐‐ Tyra Banks
I used to really want to go on the stage and then the last couple of years I've done some presenting at some award shows. I was so nervous I thought I was going to be sick, so I don't think me on stage for any length of time would work too well.
‐‐ Kate Bosworth
I used to record but just in my own studio or in my friend's back when I toyed with the idea of being a rapper.
‐‐ Don Cheadle
I used to refer to myself as a 'theoretical anorexic,' just as crazy when it came to body image, but saved by a lack of self-discipline. My daughters do everything better than I do - they're smarter, more beautiful, happier. What if they end up better at anorexia, too?
‐‐ Ayelet Waldman
I used to rely on black-and-white, and while I was working on 'Smile,' I learned to adapt to color on my end.
‐‐ Raina Telgemeier
I used to rely too much on arrangements and production, things like dancers and explosions.
‐‐ Thalia
I used to respect the United States and the American dream. Now I consider the United States the biggest threat to Internet freedom and peace in the world.
‐‐ Kim Dotcom
I used to ride horses when I was younger. Ponies were my life. I miss being fearless.
‐‐ Talulah Riley
I used to ride motorbikes and drive cars like everything was a racetrack; it was ridiculous. It wasn't because I thought it was cool; it was just because I loved living on the edge. But I've chilled.
‐‐ Orlando Bloom
I used to routinely turn down things that might compound the impression that I was some kind of vacuous blonde. But now, when I look back, I think I should have done them because I would be very rich - being taken seriously isn't all it's cracked up to be.
‐‐ Mariella Frostrup
I used to run a full marathon in three hours and 25 or 26 minutes. Not any more.
‐‐ Haruki Murakami
I used to run around barefoot and climb trees and pick fruit and sell it on the side of the road like a real island girl.
‐‐ Grace Gealey
I used to run away from school to my village. But later, I went to the U.S. for studies and lost touch.
‐‐ Randeep Hooda
I used to run home from school to watch Paris-Nice, so to win it is just crazy.
‐‐ Geraint Thomas
I used to run record companies, and I went to the advertising business at 29 years old.
‐‐ Steve Stoute
I used to run ten miles every other day and eat very little. I was living in London on my own for the first time and no one was checking on me. I wasn't anorexic but lost three stone. I weighed around seven. It lasted six months until I ran out of willpower.
‐‐ Honeysuckle Weeks
I used to run to school, 10k every day. And this at altitude, perfect preparation, really.
‐‐ Haile Gebrselassie
I used to run with Chris Nolan before he was 'Chris Nolan.' I remember when he was trying to sell 'Memento,' and he just couldn't.
‐‐ Drew Daywalt
I used to sail a lot in all kinds of weather, competing on small sailboats in the ocean. And I travel a lot in Iceland on horses every summer, through the wild areas where there's no inhabitants and there are volcanoes.
‐‐ Baltasar Kormakur
I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and auction them. And then I lost the box.
‐‐ James Lee Burke
I used to say, 'Are you kidding?' about some prices for collectibles. I don't anymore because anything that screams its era is collectible.
‐‐ Judith Miller
I used to say Edinburgh was a beautiful actress with no talent. I thought it was just like a shortbread tin. I think that's because I did six Festivals in a row there, and I never saw the real Edinburgh, just a lot of deeply annoying Cambridge Footlights kids wanting to be actresses.
‐‐ Michelle Gomez
I used to say I didn't want to teach. I was still excited about dancing. It's hard to do both. It's as exhausting teaching as it is to dance.
‐‐ Patricia McBride
I used to say I never talk about my successor, neither about my predecessor.
‐‐ Boutros Boutros-Ghali
I used to say I wanted somebody funny and intelligent, but kindness is the most important quality in a man.
‐‐ Cat Deeley
I used to say I would never run unless I was being chased by someone with a gun. Now I'm a little obsessed with it!
‐‐ Rachael Ray
I used to say in interviews that I don't necessarily want to be the first black woman or first model to do certain things; I just want to see it done.
‐‐ Tyra Banks
I used to say in the cabinet room, 'confidence is not like a can of Popeye spinach - you can't take the top off and swallow it down.' You know, confidence has to be earned.
‐‐ Paul Keating