When Apollo 13 appeared as an opportunity and I began to tackle that in as authentic a way as I possibly could, I really became enthralled by the philosophical side of space travel, and why we need to explore - what it means to us here on Earth - all of those things. I became a huge proponent.
The foes now are universal - poverty, famine, religious radicalization, desertification, drugs, proliferation of nuclear weapons, ecological devastation. They threaten all nations, just as science and information are the potential friends of all nations. Classical diplomacy and strategy were aimed at identifying enemies and confronting them. Now they have to identify dangers, global or local, and tackle them before they become disasters.
No one in college football or the SEC can tackle me by themselves.
Biology is a way of approaching the truth about the mind. In biology most people don't tackle problems at the level of complexity that psychoanalysis does. But psychoanalysis has a degree of uncertainty about it. A psychoanalyst may have some deep insights, but cannot, at the moment, run experiments to establish whether it's really the truth.
Never be seduced into believing it isn't the role of business to tackle the big issues, because it absolutely is.
Titus looks like Tyson when he strips off in the dressing-room, except he doesn't bite and has a great tackle.
I didn't go out looking for negative characters; I went out looking for people who have a struggle and a fight to tackle. That's what interests me.
It makes me feel resilient when you tackle different things.
My administration will tackle these issues in consultation with the black communities of London.
When we win, it will tell every politician in America that if you are bold, if you do the right thing, if you tackle the tough issues, there will be people standing there right with you.
. . . the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
I'm more likely to try and tackle a fear than let it control me.
I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face.
All necessary steps needed to be taken to tackle terrorism will be adopted. . . but we will keep in mind that a particular religion or section of society does not face problems unnecessary
For me, it's not about sacking the quarterback. It's about changing the course of the game. It's causing a crucial fumble at a crucial time. It's making a tackle for a loss when the opposing team needs to gain one or two yards for the first down. I look at myself as a sudden-impact player.
Direct your energy toward achieving a goal, and tackle the problems with an emphasis on edging closer to a successful result.
Games are unnecessary obstacles we volunteer to tackle.
We have to tackle the plague of gun violence.
At the end of the day, nobody can tell you how to tackle failure or how to handle change. The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with the status quo and at basking in your successes.
I know it's a rare privilege, but if one can really tackle something in adult life that means that much to you, then it's more rewarding than anything I can imagine.