Flexible Quotes - Page 8

• I believe it is very important to learn different fighting styles to make you a flexible fighter.

  Tomoki Kameda

  Believe, Fighting, Style

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

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• There's sometimes when I feel really balanced, and there's other times when I feel like I'm trying to keep juggling too many balls in the air, and I feel like I'm on the edge of dropping all of them and having them all land on my head, you know? Scheduling is a big part of it, and the other is just remaining flexible and keeping a sense of humor about things.

  Michael Franti

  Air, Land, Trying

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• In my talks in organizations around the world I ask, "What kind of leadership do we need now?" The most common responses are "adaptable," "flexible," and "innovative." This isn't surprising, in light of how fast and overwhelming is the pace of change in our world.

  Stewart D. Friedman

  Our World, Light, Organization

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• It's kind of great being a group without a lead singer, because the possibilities are sky high. Odd things become the lead singer, noises become the lead singer. It actually makes the thing much more flexible.

  Paul Morley

  Sky, Groups, Odd Things

  Source: www.chaoscontrol.com

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• Basketball. I love it. I can't believe these giants move like kids. They are so flexible.

  Jurgen Klopp

  Basketball, Believe, Moving

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• I was always known as that stocky, muscular, powerful, short, athlete. People always wondered if I was on steroids, and it was because I wasn't that long and lean, flexible, artistic gymnast. It didn't affect me too much but it got to the point where I tried to be that long and lean gymnast, and it just wasn't possible.

  Shawn Johnson

  Powerful, Athlete, Long

  "Shawn Johnson gets more nervous watching Olympic Trials than she did competing". Interview with Maggie Hendricks, ftw.usatoday.com. July 27, 2016.

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• It was about finding creative, original musicians. Musicians who are strong composers. Flexible, empathetic musicians, who are great individually but who also have a great sense for cooperation and collaboration, great listeners as well as great players.

  Joshua Redman

  Strong, Player, Creative

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• The brain has a quality referred to as plasticity. The ability to form new neural pathways even into very old age. The brain is fluid, flexible and incredibly adaptable to new experiences.

  Deepak Chopra

  New Experiences, Brain, Age

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• Neoliberalism has taken new forms since the demise of the Fordist concept of labor and with the emergence of what is understood as flexible labor. This has really come to be the dominant form for about the last 20 years.

  Judith Butler

  Taken, Years, Neoliberalism

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• You have to sometimes shoot from the second row, that's all football. So you have to be a bit more flexible.

  Franz Beckenbauer

  Football, Sometimes, Bits

  Source: www.bayernnews.org

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• Russia should be an effective and competitive state with a sustainable economy, developed social and political system flexible to changes domestically and globally.

  Vladimir Putin

  Russia, Political, Economy

  Interview with Charlie Rose, en.kremlin.ru. September 29, 2015.

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• You know flexibility is a good thing but it shouldn't - you shouldn't be flexible on core principles.

  Ted Cruz

  Principles, Good Things, Knows

  The CBS News Republican debate, www.washingtonpost.com. February 13, 2016.

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• One of the best ways to [improve my longevity] that is to minimize injury or avoid it by being more flexible—especially when we are meeting at the net. There is a hitter and blocker, which means a lot foot contact, where you can twist your ankle easily.

  Karch Kiraly

  Mean, Feet, Ankles

  Source: www.stack.com

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• Balance for me now means seeing myself as a tree, being strong enough in my roots and trunk to not be a pushover, but being flexible enough in every circumstance not to break. I am continuing to expand, but not any faster than my roots can support me.

  Brenda Strong

  Strong, Mean, Roots

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• I honestly think vulnerability is a beautiful thing: it's tenderness, authenticity, and risk-taking. It means you're living a life where the stakes are high and you are continuing to push your own boundaries and learn new things. It keeps you flexible and young.

  Jaime Murray

  Beautiful, Mean, Thinking

  "Jaime Murray: Taking Care of Heart, Mind, and Body". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I practice yoga on a regular basis at my gym and when I travel. Yoga not only keeps me flexible, but I feel it enhance the quality of my blood cells through deep breathing. I also feel energized when I practice yoga, which helps me cope with my demanding schedule.

  Nathan East

  Yoga, Cells, Blood

  "Daft Punk Bassist Nathan East: Music is His Mission". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 9, 2014.

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• I'm still vegetarian - no, pescatarian, because I eat fish. I eat pretty much vegan at home, but when I'm on the road, I'm a bit more flexible. That was the kind of thing I learned as I got older - being flexible with it and listening to my body.

  Amanda Crew

  Home, Listening, Body

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• When you expand your awareness, your energy flows freely. You're more flexible, balanced, and creative. You view yourself and the world with more compassion and understanding. You have more energy and are open to new possibilities.

  Deepak Chopra

  Compassion, Views, Creative

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• My mother always says, "The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak." I can be very focused and determined. But, I can also be very stubborn. Be flexible be nuanced.

  Sarah Lafleur

  Mother, Stronger, Stubborn

  "BYT Style Interview: Mémé LAFLEUR". Brightest Young Things Interview, brightestyoungthings.com. June 8, 2012.

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• You have to be flexible enough to realize that, over the course of making a film for three and a half years, things are going to slightly change and drift, as you work out solutions to each problem as they come up.

  Duncan Jones

  Years, Work Out, Three

  Source: collider.com

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• I love dancing, actually. My mother taught children's dance, ballet, tap, jazz...I'm very flexible.

  Michael Angarano

  Mother, Children, Dancing

  Source: www.elle.com

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• You have this really powerful technological infrastructure that can do really tremendous things. At the same time, it's never going to be as flexible as we'd like it to be. Just by nature of web technology.

  Khoi Vinh

  Powerful, Technology, Infrastructure

  Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. March 3, 2010.

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• It seems whether we have a tendency towards being flexible or structured affects how we create, how we parent, how we work.

  Philippa Perry

  Parent, Tendencies, Seems

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I feel that music is more flexible than language and your song, or "piece" is only as flexible as your least flexible component.

  Brian Chippendale

  Song, Pieces, Language

  Interview with Pitchfork, pitchfork.com. December 5, 2006.

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• Trying to use all the existing technologies that were out there wouldn't work for us because none of them were flexible. Everything was rigid in some way, so we had to go on a manhunt, essentially for something that was a viable technology. So it was a good four-months of just designing and figuring out the lights.

  Christine Bieselin Clark

  Technology, Light, Design

  "Exclusive interview with Tron: Legacy costume designer Christine Bieselin Clark". Interview with Toni-Marie Ippolito, www.tribute.ca. November 30, 2010.

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