Gratitude : (749) " Be thankful for all successes, lose your ego, take risks, fail fast, and if you don’t absolutely love what you do, run! " - Cynthia Rowley " I feel like before I came to the planet I asked God for the gift of music. I didn’t want to come here without the gift of music and God granted it to me. " - Narada Michael Walden " Whenever I won an award in the NHL, I thought of my father and the pride he would get in reading about it and having people mention it to him. " - Jacques Plante " Most of all, our troops from Alabama said they appreciate the care packages from folks back home. " - Mike Rogers " I still miss my gramma. I can see her at the farm, in her apron, babushka and support stockings. My Slovak gramma spoiled us with pig in the blankets, kalachi, pop, chips and a drawer full of lollipops. It was heaven. " - Regina Brett " When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. " - Marcus Aurelius " I just feel lucky. " - Jennifer Aniston " I had to have a complete liver transplant. I waited with a beeper for a year and 10 months to get that gift. " - Shelley Fabares " I cannot thank Don DeDonatis enough for his leadership of USSSA, his stewardship of our business initiatives, and his friendship to me over the years. " - Robert Parish " I’ve got an incredible family, I’ve been blessed to play a game for a living, and even more than that, I’ve been blessed to have the ability to play it and the ability to play two sports at the same time. There’s not many people that are able to do that, so yeah, I feel very lucky. " - Mardy Fish