We all have difficult moments in our careers. It is how you react to them that counts.
Test cricket is the only thing that counts. One-day and T20 performances are fine, but you rate a player by his status as a Test player. By the time I finish, I want to play at least 80 Tests and be known for my achievements in Tests.
Loads of blokes think they’re funny, but it counts for nothing unless you get up and have a go.
If you can constantly just put pressure on all four quadrants, it gives you a little more leverage to be able to fill the zone up with breaking balls and fastball counts – or with breaking balls when guys are maybe sitting on the fastball that you’ve established.
When they hear from you, it counts. That’s how we’re going to win.
Certainly the party counts a considerable number of intellectuals among its members, but I am by no means disposed to apologise for that.
When it comes to viewer’s choice, each film counts. Moreover, it’s important to enjoy the work that I do. Thus, it is important that I am excited about the films I sign.
It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.
I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
Pollen counts are generally high early in the mornings 8 to 10 A.M. to noon. So stay away from being outdoors early in the mornings.
Every minute counts. Being on time or not can mean the difference of a win or a loss and even of something positive or negative happening in life.
Day-dreams without work do not amount to anything; it is the actual work that counts.
Every vote counts and every vote must be counted.
We concentrate so much on anniversaries and birthdays that you forget it’s the Tuesday that’s tough that really counts. Sometimes she just needs some flowers or even just that ear. It’s the little things that count. It’s the regular days of the year that you have to keep your attention on her.
I’ve never seen radio as the minor leagues, where I’m just really preparing to be in the show that really counts, namely, television, which is, I think, what people often assume. I’ve never felt that way.
Every drop in the ocean counts.
There’s this list on Internet Movie Database that I’m on, and it’s called ‘Actors with High Body Counts.’ I’m always playing the bad guy.
Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts.
What people think and believe and plan are all very important, but what they do is the thing that counts most.
It no longer counts as remarkable that Egyptians organized their uprising on social media.
Arsenal do not have money to spend, so they are gambling on young players. Arsenal are obliged to sell their best players and bet on youth – but what counts is having a team, great players, and a solid squad to win titles.
The well-satisfied customer will bring the repeat sale that counts.
I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot. But a lot of effective and interesting radio is based on one character who reacts to the world.
I believe the Negro blood counts, and counts to my advantage – though it has caused me at times a life of great humiliation and sorrow.
In this game you can waste a lot of energy wondering about other people’s opinions when the one that actually counts is yours. Because that’s your job, to lead and to manage.
I’ve started doing my Kathak, and I rehearse every day. Also, I’m eating right and keeping in shape. I’m a non-smoker and non-drinker and essentially a happy person. That’s what counts the most. Your well-being is reflected in your personality.
James Salter has been a fighter pilot, a rogue, and a climber. He counts Robert Redford as a friend.
Every day has to be a day that counts. It can’t be a wasted day. I’m very dedicated to always keep doing something that I would consider good.
When it comes to controlling human beings, there is no better instrument than lies. Because you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.
I’m not sure whether it counts as a talent, but I love playing ‘Magic: The Gathering.’ It’s mathematical and intellectually challenging, and makes me feel nostalgic for when I played as a kid.
I understand that it’s the thought that counts, but receiving money is so great, so if you’re in a position to give an employee a bonus, just do that.
It’s not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it’s what you put into the practice.
I win when it counts.
It’s not just being called to the ministry that counts.
For a person who is dying only eternity counts.
A good journalist is modest; his only job is simple: to decide what counts as news.
Sasha gets a raw deal from the press. She makes one mistake in her program and people rip her for not pulling it off when it counts. But she never falls apart. She never just completely folds and misses everything. Usually it’s just one mistake.
That’s all that counts. People being sorry. Makes you feel better; gives you a sense of dignity, and that’s all that’s important; a sense of dignity. And it doesn’t matter if you don’t care or not, either. You got to have a sense of dignity, even if you don’t care, ’cause, if you don’t have that, civilization’s doomed.
If you read books forever and ever, they will never replace what really counts – that’s practical experience.
Good ideas are a dime a dozen. It’s what you do with them that counts.
There’s a great feeling of powerlessness in America. When I express ideas to people, they say, ‘That’s terrific, but do you think it really counts?’
Modern technology has taken the angst out of achieving the perfect shot. For me, the only thing that counts is the idea behind the image: what you want to see and what you’re trying to say. The idea is crucial. You have to think of something you want to say and expand upon it.
Our entire franchise has done everything in its power to put all of our players and its coaching staff in the best possible position to execute when it counts. And to deliver to the highly supportive fans of Cleveland a proud, intense, impassioned, all-out drive to achieve a championship.
I always like to win. But I’m the big sister. I want to make sure she has everything, even if I don’t have anything. It’s hard. I love her too much. That’s what counts.
When I’m making the music, I feel like everything I throw out has to work. It counts. Because if you don’t have people turning they neck all the way around to see what it is, it ain’t stick on the wall.
It’s not what you spend but how you wear it that counts. The key is often to dress up inexpensive basics with accessories. Something like a beautiful designer bag or belt can make everything else look richer and more luxurious.
It is not what they take away from you that counts. It’s what you do with what you have left.
Experience counts in government even more than in business.
In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price today to win business aren’t going to make money in the long term.
My goal is to improve my game, stay healthy and be competitive. If I have that, I know I can be able to win tournaments, which in the end is what it counts.
I mean, a guy can get 20 points a game. But if you are not winning, who’s really paying attention? It’s like, ‘yeah, his game is nice. But I need to see him do it when it counts, when it really matters and something is on the line.’
A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
As we all know, the budget decisions which give rise to increased debt are what counts, and the debt is just a by-product of those budget decisions.
It’s not psychopathology that counts. It’s what you do with it.
We know you have good runs and bad runs. The big thing you learn in the Premiership is you have to take it on the chin. You have learn how to lose without getting too down and too despondent. You have to box that up, put it to one side and make sure everyone who counts stays positive.
Looks, health and elegance are what counts. Someone can look wonderful in a sweatsuit.
The mind is like the stomach. It is not how much you put into it that counts, but how much it digests.
What counts is what you do with your money, not where it came from.
What counts aren’t the number of double plays, but the ones you should have had and missed.
I want to be a part of good stories. It’s not about my role, but the overall story that counts.
In this world, you do your job, a good job, and that’s what counts.
How you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.
I’ve been critcised for going with my top hand, but as long as you save it, that’s all that counts.
Expand the definition of ‘reading’ to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines, action adventure, and, yes, even websites. It’s the pleasure of reading that counts; the focus will naturally broaden. A boy won’t read shark books forever.
