A Quote by George Blanda

I came from a poor Pennsylvania coal mining family and the only way I was going to get an education was through an athletic scholarship.

George Blanda

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George Blanda
American - Footballer
September 17, 1927 - September 27, 2010

My grandfather was from Aberdare. He was a coal miner who emigrated and then continued mining in Pennsylvania.

Irwin Thomas

The commencement of coal mining at Parsa Kente is a milestone event in coal mining sector.

Gautam Adani

It seems the EPA has worked hard to devise new regulations that are designed to eliminate coal mining, coal burning, usage of coal.

Hal Rogers

When you live in a poor neighborhood, you are living in an area where you have poor schools. When you have poor schools, you have poor teachers. When you have poor teachers, you get a poor education. When you get a poor education, you can only work in a poor-paying job. And that poor-paying job enables you to live again in a poor neighborhood. So, it's a very vicious cycle.

Malcolm X

An athletic scholarship shouldn’t be the best opportunity to receive a quality education.

Jalen Rose

If all you have is coal, that's the only thing that we have. Don't hate the coal miner for trying to get the only decent job that we have in West Virginia that can allow them to feed their family.

Richard Ojeda

My great-grandfather was a coal miner, who worked in Pennsylvania mines when carts were pulled by mules and mines were lit by candles. Mining was very dangerous work then.

Tim Murphy

I come from a coal-mining, working-class background. My father was a coal miner.

Tom Jones

Not exactly. You see, Portia and I think that the coal miner thing's very overdone. No one will remember you in that. And we both see it has our job to make District 12 tributes unforgettable,' says Cinna. I'll be naked for sure, I think. 'So rather than focus on the coal mining itself, we're going to focus on the coal,' says Cinna. Naked and covered in black dust, i think. 'And what do we do with coal? We burn it,' says Cinna. 'You're not afraid of fire, are you, Katniss?' He sees my expression and grins.

Suzanne Collins

I came from a poor family in Coney Island. I learned to write by reading the 'Post.' This was my education.

Jerry Della Femina

The only realistic offer came from Nebraska University who offered me a scholarship to be a physical education director. What will a 24-year-old do with that? Retire and study?

P. T. Usha

My father got a job at Bradford University in textiles. And he came for - I guess, you know, why do people immigrate? - like, for a better life to find, you know, a new world. And, you know, I think he always - he saw it as an opportunity. And so yeah so we came to this coal mining town in the north of England and that's where I grew up.

Aasif Mandvi

I told myself I was going to get a scholarship so I could get a degree and take care of my family.

Demaryius Thomas

I came up poor. My mother only had a fourth-grade education. My dad didn't have any education at all. But they were very structured. They worked hard. You know, they didn't complain. They didn't murmur. And they believe in the Christ.

Evander Holyfield

I grew up listening to my dad, a miner who rose through the ranks to be the mine superintendent in Coalwood, W.V. , yelling orders into his black company phone. He wanted to get coal out of the ground and into coal cars and on its way to steel mills.

Homer Hickam

A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.

Billie Jean King

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