It took me time to adjust and to realise it was not going to happen like it did in the juniors. Amelie Mauresmo adjusthappenjunior Change image and share on social
It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me. Dan O'Brien decathlongoldman Change image and share on social
It took me to be 33 to start to know how to fight. Gerry Cooney fightstart Change image and share on social
It took me too long to realise that if you go to a marriage counsellor to resolve problems, it's in his interest to keep the marriage going. Michael Douglas counsellorinterestlong Change image and share on social
It took me twenty years to get Steven Parrino's work. From the time I first saw his art, in the mid-eighties, I almost always dismissed it as mannered, Romantic, formulaic, conceptualist-formalist heavy-metal boy-art abstraction. Jerry Saltz abstractionartboy share on social
It took me two years to get an appointment with Mr. Suga who cut my hair for the Olympics. Who knew? I had no idea that it would be popular. Dorothy Hamill appointmentcuthair Change image and share on social
It took me until my teenage years to realize that I was medicating with music. I was pushing back against my stupid school uniform, instructors who called me by my last name and my classmates, who, while friendly enough, were not at all inspiring. Henry Rollins backcallclassmate share on social
It took me way beyond what I knew, into places of which I was totally scared, but as I became less frightened, I welcomed new ways of thinking and approaching something. It made me an infinitely richer person, and I think a better musician. Yo-Yo Ma approachfrighteninfinitely share on social
It took me years of attempts and failed drafts before I finally wrote the elegies I needed to write. Natasha Trethewey attemptdraftelegy Change image and share on social
It took me years to actually get comfortable on the stage. I prefer the intimacy of screen; it comes easier to me. In theater, you have to be louder and bigger - that was harder for many years in my teens. But now I've conquered that. I eat up the stage. I love it. Aileen Quinn bigcomfortableconquer share on social
