Jumping Quotations | Page 2

Doing things out of the ordinary - out of the box - like jumping out of airplanes and landing in cities that you've never been to before, then finding your way through. That's the type of trip that excites me.

Students are too busy jumping through the next hurdle in the résumé race to figure out what they really want. They are too frantic tasting everything on the smorgasbord to have life-altering encounters. They have a terror of closing off options. They have been inculcated with a lust for prestige and a fear of doing things that may put their status at risk.

So I said to myself, you know, 'I'm tired of the same things.' You know. Jumping over car hoods at three in the morning. And then going up to someone and says, 'I'm back.' You know and then blow him away or something. So all of this is great. But I mean, eventually it gets old.

She's still got room for improvement. She's got great jumping ability. She's getting stronger and her technique's getting better. But what she's done this year is nothing to take lightly.

I have had two knee surgeries on my right knee: that was my jumping leg that I jumped off for years and years.

Before I came to New York, I only had a few pictures of the city in my mind. And you know 'That Girl?' Marlo Thomas jumping with her hat? I always loved that, and I wondered what that double street she crosses is. And it's Park Avenue! And that's what I can see out my window.

She was a little off of what she was consistently jumping (coming into the meet).

She's a super good athlete, good jumping legs on her. She needs to work on here speed and strength a little bit, but she's doing well right now.

I was jumping into a track that has really gained a good reputation. It was particularly exciting, too, because I knew I had very big shoes to fill.

I was in the stands jumping up and down. Because, from my angle, it looked like he got in. I was cheering and then I saw the confetti, and people were kind of looking at me funny. But I was a young kid at the time.