A. R. Ammons
A. R. Ammons

Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet's health, sight, his anticipations, moods, fears, thoughts cannot be the same.

Aaron Donald
Aaron Donald

I grew up with a lot of friends that had a lot of abilities to do a lot of different things and chose different routes and it wasn't a great outcome for them.

Abbi Jacobson
Abbi Jacobson

I definitely started to perform a little bit in middle school, but not the typical musical/play route. I think that I am funny, but it was more of a social thing, where that was my part in my circle of friends.

Adam Ondra
Adam Ondra

The harder routes you climb, the more interesting the climbing gets and the more crazy moves you are forced to figure out.

Adam Ondra
Adam Ondra

I didn't want to hike to the top of El Capitan and rappel down the route, and start fixing lines. For me it was really important to try to climb it from the ground up at first.

Adam Ondra
Adam Ondra

The Nose is a beautiful route. The best thing is that, in one day, you get to climb so much. You climb and climb and climb the whole day.

Adam Ondra
Adam Ondra

What really motivates me to climb harder and harder is not necessarily that I want to push my limits or show who's best, but climbing harder and harder routes makes it more fun.

Adam Thielen
Adam Thielen

Whatever play is called, I go run the route.

Adam Thielen
Adam Thielen

That's something you work on Day 1. You never stop your route.

Adam Thielen
Adam Thielen

I don't think it's much different at this level. It just feels like playing high school football, college football. It's the same games, the same routes.