A Quote by Brian McBride

Competition helps people figure it out.

Brian McBride

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Competition Figure Helps Out People

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Brian McBride
American - Athlete
Born: June 19, 1972

Trying to talk through and figure out new answers really helps me figure out more about what I'm doing - and what we're all doing.

Emily Barton

I was a psychology major. I think that definitely helps in general life; I enjoy trying to figure out why people are the way they are.

Bailey Chase

But here's the deal: If I were smart, I could figure out curling. If I were even smarter, I could figure out why people would actually watch other people doing it. I have tried. I can't. I can't even figure out the object of the game. Is it like darts? I just don't get it.

Bob Schieffer

I make music... and it helps me figure out life.

Alice Merton

The Trump people make it extremely hard to figure out what's going on with their businesses, so we've done things like try to figure out all the people, the charities who rented out ballrooms and hotel rooms, all the NBA teams that stay at his hotels, people that pay him a lot of money and have other choices.

David Fahrenthold

I envision the script as a story in my mind, memorize the entire thing and have it play out. It helps me figure out where my character needs to go.

Quvenzhane Wallis

I want to meet Brandon Crawford and just pick his brain and figure out what helps him out on the defensive side of the ball.

Alex Bregman

The key is not to figure out what the best people are doing and try to emulate it - rather, figure out what causes people and companies to be successful.

Clayton M. Christensen

In this day and age, when there are so many people creating work online and writing their own shows, I wouldn't tell another actor, 'If you can do anything else go do that.' I would tell them to figure out the story they want to tell, to figure out what artists inspire you and why, and then figure out a way you can create that for yourself.

Aja Naomi King

I think there is too much attention on mentoring. If people want to be scientists, they will figure out how to do it. They need to figure it out by themselves.

Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.

Barbara Kingsolver

People talk about grief as if it's kind of an unremittingly awful thing, and it is. It is painful, but it's a very, very interesting sort of thing to go through, and it really helps you out. At the end of the day, it gets you through because you have to reform your relationship, and you have to figure out a way of getting to the future.

Kay Redfield Jamison

When people talk about fake news, you know, a lot of folks just roll their eyes, like 'Oh, you know, whatever; people will figure it out.' The truth is, they don't always figure it out.

Megyn Kelly

One of the worries about a presidency is that everybody tells you yes. Nobody helps you figure out where your blind spots are.

John Dickerson

Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.

Barbara Kingsolver

If I'm doing comedy, I try to improvise a lot. Even if they don't use it, it helps me loosen up and figure out the character.