“If you offer no vision for the future, someone else will. Our geopolitics cannot tolerate a vacuum, and if you retreat- whether physically or ideologically- someone else will come up with a plan which may not be complementary for democracy.”— Garry Kasparov
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A growing archive of 3,000+ moments, drawn from every interview.
There's so much data that's been collected around fitness, but a lot of this has been based on male subjects and isn't always right to apply to women. Having been through the journey myself, I want to help more women become body-literate and motivated to enjoy exercise.
— Dame Jessica Ennis-HillBritish Olympic heptathlon champion and gold medalist
Ultimately, you have to fail at some stage with whatever you do, to get the successes that you need in the end.
— Dame Jessica Ennis-HillBritish Olympic heptathlon champion and gold medalist
You can have athletes that are at their physical peak but without the right mental resilience and approach, their performance will not be where it needs to. I've focused on that a lot through my career- learning through experiences and trying to keep a perspective on what I'd achieved previously, what I was going to achieve, and how to get the most out of communication with the people around me.
— Dame Jessica Ennis-HillBritish Olympic heptathlon champion and gold medalist
In space, and certainly on the International Space Station, everybody is a leader- there are so many complex, moving parts.. there are so many pressures on the system an teams around the world... It's an environment where listening is very important, and an environment where followership is equally as important as leadership.
— Tim PeakeBritish Astronaut & ISS Expedition Commander
Space is a pretty scary place. Here on Earth, we're surrounded by nature and a nice blue sky. You don't realise that 16km above you, things start to go black…. 100km it's an inhospitable vacuum that will kill you in less than 60 seconds. Think how far we've come as humanity- we're a living species who have managed to escape our own planet.
— Tim PeakeBritish Astronaut & ISS Expedition Commander
We fear the unknown, but the less you know about something the more knowledge there is to gain, and hence the less afraid you will be. When you understand a situation and are fully prepared having analysed the risks and mitigated them- you may well still be apprehensive, and that's normal.
— Tim PeakeBritish Astronaut & ISS Expedition Commander
When you think you're at 100% of your physical or mental capacity, you're not. We have enormous reserves within us (which we don't tap into for good reason), but we are all capable of pushing ourselves a lot further than we think.
— Tim PeakeBritish Astronaut & ISS Expedition Commander
As far as we know, space goes on for infinity, and yet is expanding at an ever-increasing rate. What is out there? We only understand about 5% of the universe, the rest is made-up of dark energy, dark matter and things we've yet to fully understand. Space triggers that innate curiosity in us about what's out there, where we came from, and the possibilities those answers could bring.
— Tim PeakeBritish Astronaut & ISS Expedition Commander
People ask me all the time what do you want to be known for? My answer is simple. I want people to say 'Shaquille O'Neal was a nice guy…' forget how much money I made, forget how many championships I won, or what type of businessman I am.
— Shaquille O’NealHall of Fame NBA Center & 4-Time NBA Champion
Before you succeed, you must first learn to fail. If you keep repeating the same thing, you're always going to fail, you need to adjust. We have to look at failures and use them as an educational tool.
— Shaquille O’NealHall of Fame NBA Center & 4-Time NBA Champion
I never started off with money, I started off with love. The love of being an entrepreneur. The love of being a lawyer. The love of being an athlete. When you start off with love, people will love and respect you and you will always be monetarily rewarded.
— Shaquille O’NealHall of Fame NBA Center & 4-Time NBA Champion
I would have played basketball for $120,000 for 7 years rather than $120 million, because I loved to play basketball. I never said to myself that I would only play basketball if they pay me $100million – I played basketball because I loved basketball.
— Shaquille O’NealHall of Fame NBA Center & 4-Time NBA Champion
To achieve greatness means to maximise your potential at the highest possible level, and the highest possible rate. I don't really consider myself the best, but the fact that people consider me the best I take as a great honour and as testament to the hard work and what I was able to achieve.
— Shaquille O’NealHall of Fame NBA Center & 4-Time NBA Champion
The scope of entrepreneurial fulfilment, the scope of new entrants changing the world is broader than ever before, and that's great for society. That's great for everyone.
— Steve JurvetsonProminent venture capitalist and early Tesla investor at Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Our singular filter is to find the people, projects and opportunities that we think are going to be game-changing for humanity. If you succeed at doing that, you'll make plenty of money (even if you fail half the time).
— Steve JurvetsonProminent venture capitalist and early Tesla investor at Draper Fisher Jurvetson
For me, the key has been to become more and more humble over time in a way that I realise that I shouldn't be interfering with the magic and beauty of what an entrepreneur can do.
— Steve JurvetsonProminent venture capitalist and early Tesla investor at Draper Fisher Jurvetson