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🇺🇸Caitlyn Jenner
Sports
b. 1949
"I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans."
3 quotes
🇺🇸LeBron James
Sports
b. 1984
"Crazy. Karma is a bitch. Gets you every time. It's not good to wish bad on anybody. God sees everything!"
10 quotes
🇺🇸Wilt Chamberlain
Sports
1936–1999
"Chamberlain played the game the same way Russell did, except he scored so much more. But his teams had to get more points from him. He'd score 45 points and his teams would still lose."
23 quotes

🇺🇸Charles Barkley
Sports
b. 1963
"It's great to be hosting SNL again. I hosted sixteen years ago. Back then I was in great shape, I was coming off an MVP season with the Phoenix Suns - now, I play bad golf, drink, sometimes I get arrested."
14 quotes
🇺🇸2 Chainz
Music
b. 1977
"And all I get is cheese, like I'm taking Pictures"
3 quotes
🇺🇸Michael Franti
Music
b. 1966
"Don't fear the nighttime, cause the monsters know that you're divine. Don't fear the sunshine, cause everything's better in the summertime"
16 quotes
🇺🇸Terrell Owens
b. 1973
"People have doubted me and criticized me my whole life, and that's why I'm the way I am."
9 quotes

Manny Pacquiao
Politics
b. 1978
"I want to be the best fighter. I would like to fight in the biggest fights."
3 quotes
🇺🇸Elgin Baylor
Sports
1934–2021
"He was one of the most spectacular shooters the game has ever known. I hear people talking about forwards today and I haven't seen many that can compare with him."
3 quotes
🇺🇸Ron Wyden
Politics
b. 1949
1 quotes
🇺🇸Allen Iverson
Sports
b. 1975
"Reporter: Could you be clear about your practicing habits since we can't see you practice?"
3 quotes
🇺🇸Magic Johnson
Sports
b. 1959
1 quotes
🇺🇸Robert Parish
Sports
b. 1953
"'s given me a foundation for conditioning, flexibility, patience, focus, dedication. And those carry over to my basketball career. Off the court, I'm more focused, patient, and understanding."
2 quotes
🇺🇸Bill Raftery
Sports
b. 1943
3 quotes
🇺🇸Rudy Tomjanovich
Sports
b. 1948
"We had nonbelievers all along the way, and I have one thing to say to those nonbelievers: Don't ever underestimate the heart of a champion!"
1 quotes
🇺🇸Kobe Bryant
Sports
1978–2020
3 quotes
🇺🇸FM-2030
Sports
1930–2000
"I am a 21st Century person who was accidentally launched in the 20th. I have a deep nostalgia for the future."
3 quotes
🇺🇸John Wooden
Sports
1910–2010
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself for the group, for the good of the group — that’s teamwork."
19 quotes
🇺🇸Pat Conroy
Literature
1945–2016
"General Clark walked the campus like a retired deity and ignored the general run of cadets."
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🇺🇸Victor H. Mair
Literature
b. 1943
6 quotes
🇺🇸Jim Valvano
Sports
1946–1993
"My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me."
1 quotes
🇺🇸Tom Selleck
Entertainment
b. 1945
"I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived , architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it. So I signed up for acting instead."
3 quotes
🇺🇸John Amaechi
Psychology
b. 1970
"You are axes, in a world of wood. And the wood remembers when it has been cut, even if the axe forgets."
2 quotes
🇺🇸Michael Crichton
Literature
1942–2008
"Being on the "Hold" is the technological equivalent of purgatory."
59 quotes
🇺🇸Damian Lillard
Sports
b. 1990
1 quotes
🇺🇸Jim Brown
Social Activism
1936–2023
"He told me, 'Make sure when anyone tackles you, he remembers how much it hurts.' He lived by that philosophy and I always followed that advice."
2 quotes
🇺🇸Red Auerbach
Sports
1917–2006
"You handle animals. You deal with people."
1 quotes

🇺🇸Shaquille O'Neal
Sports
b. 1972
"Now figure it out, Dr. O'Neal, I kill off the big men"
5 quotes
🇺🇸John Salley
Entertainment
b. 1964
2 quotes