Is it possible to fulfill this task, is it possible to achieve the definite victory of Socialism in one country without the combined efforts of the proletarians of several advanced countries? No, it is impossible.
I always expect unexpected challenges.
I found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym because my brother, who used to beat me up all the time, introduced me to boxing. I found boxing to be a sport that I felt safe in because I controlled what was in those four squares.
To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training.
I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner.
I'm a competitor and a very proud man. If a guy beats me once, he'll have to do it again to make me believe him.
My ambition is not to be just a good fighter. I want to be great, something special.
An acrobatic dunk will make it onto Sports Center. A simple, unspectacular bounce pass in the rhythm of the offense will not. System basketball has been replaced by players who want to be the system.
The country is not priest-ridded, but press-ridden.
My throat tightened, but I held back the tears and reminded myself that withdrawing from a woman is no different than kicking a drug; you feel shaky and you want it, but eventually the need passes, and you feel restored.
The everyday, familiar sense of self who lives in time, and that dimension which we've called presence, that is always here, that is still and quiet.