Hamm Quotes

As a mother I think you often get so caught up in trying to take care of everyone else that you forget to take care of yourself. But I'm a much better wife and mother when I take the time to take care of myself. ~ Mia Hamm

Losing both parents at a young age gave me a sense that you can't really control life - so you'd better live it while it's here. I stopped believing in a storybook existence a long time ago. All you can do is push in a direction and see what comes of it. ~ Jon Hamm

I don't need to be married, but I feel married. ~ Jon Hamm

I realize how talented our hair and wardrobe people are every time I have to get dressed on my own. ~ Jon Hamm

Jon Hamm is such an amazing co-star. He used to set the tune of the scenes so easily, and in his free time, he didn't mind giving us cues. We picked up a lot from him. ~ Madhur Mittal

I played soccer because my friends did. Besides we got sodas afterwards. ~ Mia Hamm

HAMM
Open the window.
CLOV
What for?
HAMM
I want to hear the sea.
CLOV
You wouldn't hear it.
HAMM Even if you opened the window?
CLOV
No.
HAMM
Then it's not worth opening it?
CLOV
No.
HAMM(violently)
Then open it! ~ Samuel Beckett

No-one gets an iron-clad guarantee of success. Certainly, factors like opportunity, luck and timing are important. But the backbone of success is usually found in old-fashioned, basic concepts like hard work, determination, good planning and perseverance. ~ Mia Hamm

You may get skinned knees and elbows, but it's worth it if you score a spectacular goal. ~ Mia Hamm

I could just have chips and salsa for dinner every day. ~ Mia Hamm

The most important attribute a player must have is mental toughness. ~ Mia Hamm

If you don't love what you do, you won't do it with much conviction or passion. ~ Mia Hamm

Soccer isn't very social. Plus, if you don't like someone on the other team, you can do something about it. ~ Mia Hamm

The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking. ~ Mia Hamm

Happiness... is freedom from fear. ~ Jon Hamm

HAMM:
Scoundrel! Why did you engender me?
NAGG:
I didn't know.
HAMM:
What? What didn't you know?
NAGG:
That it'd be you.
(Pause.) ~ Samuel Beckett

Goals have never defined me as a player. What has defined me is my impact on the team. If that means passing or playing defense to win, I'll do it. ~ Mia Hamm

I have a lady, she's a great lady. I love her a lot, she loves me. We're on the same page. Whenever that day happens when we're not on the same page we'll move forward with it. We're interested in having our lives be our lives right now and not a third person's vis-a-vis marriage and whatever that means. ~ Jon Hamm

I've been surrounded by dogs my whole life. I got a golden retriever a year after I was born. ~ Jon Hamm

It's such a capricious, strange existence, basing your life on the whims of others, and basing your ebbs and flows of confidence and lack of confidence on the fact that people either choose you or don't. ~ Jon Hamm

Following the dark silhouette of the beast was little more than something out of a storybook. A devil leading her toward hell, or perhaps, redemption. ~ Emma Hamm

Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed. ~ Mia Hamm

HAMM: We're not beginning to ... to ... mean something?
CLOV: Mean something! You and I, mean something!
(Brief laugh.) Ah that's a good one! ~ Samuel Beckett

I don't like to play rough, but I will if I have to. ~ Mia Hamm

Calm and order can be just as dangerous to democracy as uneasiness and disorder. ~ Hildegard Hamm-Brucher

Every day I look for ways to be inspired, to learn and to grow. And trying to be the best for my kids, my husband and my family. One thing I really wanna do is being there for my kids, be part of my siblings and my parents. ~ Mia Hamm

That was the only reason I let her stay extra time at the park the next day. We were not waiting for anyone in particular to show up or hoping for anyone in particular to show up. I mean, she's a dog. She didn't care if she was wrestling a stick from another mutt or a Pug or a Dachshund or whatever. Neither of us cared a bit who was or was not there. I was simply letting her make up for the time she missed the previous day. ~ Amanda Hamm

A value-added step in a process is defined by three characteristics. First, the step must be something that the customer is willing to pay for. Second, the step must directly change the form, fit, or function of something to produce a product or service. The final characteristic of a value-added step is that it is so important that it must be done right every time to successfully produce the intended product or service. ~ Robert E. Hamm Jr.

I think that we live in a moment in time where people have a lot of information about a lot of people kind of instantly, but it's all sort of surface information and it doesn't really mean anything. ~ Jon Hamm

When players go out and train on their own, they usually do it at half speed. This kind of training is valuable, but it doesn't prepare you for competition, where you must perform at full throttle. So the trick is to schedule regular sessions of intense practice, while always leaving time to juggle and generally goof around with the ball ~ Mia Hamm

Go for the Goal! ~ Mia Hamm

You look back, and it was important to bring back instrumental music, and it was great to be a part of that wave of instrumental rock music. And clearly it was something I was destined to do. ~ Stuart Hamm

Everything is dangerous, and one must decide whether to live in fear, or courage ~ Emma Hamm

Acting is sort of an extension of childhood. You get to play all of these roles and have so much fun. Playing an athlete would be so cool. Or where you get to shoot guns, ride horses. I wouldn't turn down any of that. ~ Jon Hamm

I wouldn't know anything about opera music if it wasn't for Bugs Bunny. That was my entire introduction to opera music. I wouldn't know anything about classical music if it wasn't for "Fantasia." They didn't have to do that stuff. They chose to base this ridiculous, funny, intriguing, creative story on this beautiful classical music. It's the combination of the high and the low that I thought was very cool. But I had no concept of it as a kid. ~ Jon Hamm

The modern women carry guns and are not afraid. ~ Christine Hamm

I'm a professional geologist, an explorationist for oil. That's what I've done in my career, one that's culminated in - at least to this point - playing a part in finding the largest field in the last 40 years anywhere in the world. That's the Bakken field, which I believe will yield 24 billion barrels of oil in the decades to come, maybe more. ~ Harold Hamm

Golf is social. It brings a lot of people together. ~ Mia Hamm

I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that's not pulling the trigger. ~ Mia Hamm

I don't have any sort of calculus in choosing film roles. ~ Jon Hamm

Clov: If I don't kill the rat, he'll die.
Hamm: That's right. ~ Samuel Beckett

Sports can do so much. It's given me confidence, self-esteem, discipline, and motivation. ~ Mia Hamm

You're worth the investment in yourself and what you feel, you can and want to be ~ Mia Hamm

I think pets are great. They're better than kids, that's for sure. ~ Jon Hamm

It's definitely nerve-racking to be the center of attention. I'm not the kind of an actor that just craves attention 24-7 - but it's part of the deal. You're the leader on the set. ~ Jon Hamm

I am a nurse," she retorted. "I am not a gopher." "You are a nurse," the supervisor yelled, "and you are whatever you have to be to try to save lives! ~ Kerry Hamm

You don't just want to beat a team. You want to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want to see your face again. ~ Mia Hamm

Sports can do so much. They've given me a framework: meeting new people, confidence, self-esteem, discipline, motivation. All these things I learned, whether I knew I was learning them or not, through sports. ~ Mia Hamm

I know I wouldn't be here, and all of us wouldn't be here, without certain sacrifices and certain stands that people have made
not just women, but men stepping up and supporting what we do and how we do it. ~ Mia Hamm

It isn't sacrifice if you love what you're doing. ~ Mia Hamm

It's not a shameful thing to want to save your family. ~ Emma Hamm

The antidote to joy is dread. ~ Sam Hamm

Sports are not about awards or world championships, though those are great. They're about the relationships we have with each other. ~ Mia Hamm

I'm a part of a team, and I'm no better or any worse than any single player on this team. That's the approach I've always had and will continue to have. It's not about me. It has never been all about me. If it had, this would have been a really lonely journey. ~ Mia Hamm

Point me to 50 people online who think I'm super sexy. I'll point you to 50 more who say he's old and looks like my dad. ~ Jon Hamm

The backbone of success is ... hard work, determination, good planning, and perserverence. ~ Mia Hamm

Don hits rock bottom in the series' finest hour, "The Suitcase," which is essentially a two-character play about Don and Peggy stuck in the office through a tumultuous night. She wants to leave for a birthday dinner with her boyfriend, while he needs company to avoid placing the phone call that will tell him that Anna Draper - the widow of the real Don, and the one person on Earth with whom this Don feels truly comfortable and safe - has died of cancer. Over the course of the episode, Jon Hamm and Elisabeth Moss are asked to play every emotion possible: rage and despair, joy and humiliation, companionship and absolute contempt. In the most iconic moment, Peggy complains that Don took all the credit for an award-winning campaign she helped conceive. "It's your job," he tells her, his voice dripping with condescension. "I give you money. You give me ideas." "And you never say, 'Thank you,'" she complains, fighting back tears. "That's what the money is for!" he screams. ~ Alan Sepinwall

Follow your heart and make it your decision. ~ Mia Hamm

We play because we love the game, we love each other, and we love to win. ~ Mia Hamm

What is a queen without a king?"
"A dark, powerful creature with no man to temper her steel. You shall wield a sword as your crown, a whip as your jewels, and armor as your gown. ~ Emma Hamm

I would be absolutely honored if I made Jon Hamm crack, because he is uncrackable. ~ Jay R. Ferguson

It is nice when things end. That is what stories do - they end. It is hard to write endings and it is hard to come to the end of things, but I think when it is done right, it is a very satisfying way to appreciate something. ~ Jon Hamm

You should want to win. I still remember when I was little. Girls would score a goal, and we would walk together, high-five, and walk back to our positions. Boys are running around, going "I'm Number One." It wasn't like that for young girls. With girls, if you miss the ball on a tackle and hit the other player, it's like, "Oh my God, I'm so sorry. ~ Jere Longman

I would dare much, sir, against a man who seemingly does not understand boundaries. You must ask a woman if you may enter her abode and, when granted approval, you may do so. If they request you leave, then you remove yourself. And as far as lording over all who linger on this isle, I must inquire upon who named you king. They must be sorely lacking in wits! ~ Emma Hamm

You are a midnight woman, made from the ashes of witches burned, wielding magic born from their screams. ~ Emma Hamm

The oil patch pays good. They're decent jobs paying between 50 and 70 thousand a year. Fracking has a big impact on the oil consumption in the United States. ~ Harold Hamm

You can't just beat a team, you have to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want to see you again. ~ Mia Hamm

When Mia Hamm touches the ball, you just hold your breath. ~ Anson Dorrance

If I measured my worth in beauty, I would live a life full of riches and happiness. If I am valued for the knowledge I impart on the world, then I live forever. ~ Emma Hamm

Sports have become increasingly more specialized, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be fun. ~ Mia Hamm

Sport taught me how to goal set, it really gave me a voice and identity. ~ Mia Hamm

Every single day I wake up and commit myself to becoming a better player. Some days it happens, and some days it doesn't. Sure, there are games I'm going to dominate and there are going to be games when I struggle. But it doesn't mean I give up. ~ Mia Hamm

I'm able to leave Don Draper at work. I'm quite dissimilar from him in real life. ~ Jon Hamm

Working with Jon Hamm was super-fun because he's a brilliant actor and he's very kind. I would hang around sets for scenes that I wasn't even in because I wanted to watch how he worked. ~ Caity Lotz

True champions arent always the ones that win,but those with the most guts. ~ Mia Hamm

I am happy that the young girls have a lot more choices these days and an opportunity to feel better about themselves. ~ Mia Hamm

I don't like to stop. I'm a big person who looks at where the hubs are because I hate changing planes. ~ Mia Hamm

I don't want to sit and look at all the trophies. I don't want to live in the past
I want to live now! ~ Mia Hamm

I think controlling the future with an iron grasp only limits the possibilities of tolerance and positive change. ~ Emma Hamm

I was raised by a single mother and I've been in a 10-year relationship with my girlfriend. My whole life I've been surrounded by women. ~ Jon Hamm

Anson Dorrance ... left me a short, encouraging note: "The vision of a champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion when nobody else is watching. ~ Mia Hamm

I've always been a fan of advertising, I've always been a fan of television, I've loved commercials, I've loved all the jingles, I loved all the stuff. ~ Jon Hamm

War is dark and dangerous, there are many who fall prey to its nightmares. ~ Emma Hamm

I'm not a cheater. I've never cheated in my life. ~ Jon Hamm

Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.
Mia Hamm quote ~ Mia Hamm

If you've got hips, you can't be a gymnast or dancer. That ruled me out. ~ Mia Hamm

I love watching gymnastics, swimming, and track and field. ~ Mia Hamm

CLOV:
Do you believe in the life to come?
HAMM:
Mine was always that. ~ Samuel Beckett

For a kid who's lost his mom and all the rage and grief that no one was able to talk out of me, football was a very therapeutic sport. Very. ~ Jon Hamm

Good players create opportunities. The great players and the great people seize them ~ Mia Hamm

Hamm: What's he doing?
(CLOV raises lid of NAGG's bin, stoops, looks into it. Pause.)
Clov: He's crying.
(He closes lid, straightens up)
Hamm: Then he's living. ~ Samuel Beckett

If a team intimidate you physically and you let them, they've won. ~ Mia Hamm

I am a member of the team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion. ~ Mia Hamm

In the very beginning whenever Mia Hamm or Brandi Chastain would call for the ball, I'd just give it to them immediately because it was them and I was nervous. ~ Heather O'Reilly

I cried and cried in my Mad Men dress. Jon Hamm held me by the shoulders and looked at me and said, "I know this is very sad, but this is a really important show for me, so I'm going to need you to get your shit together." This made me laugh so hard I think I peed. ~ Amy Poehler

I play for the intense challenges that the game on the highest levels present. The whole team enjoys playng exciting soccer for the fans and my part in that makes me feel good about myself. The whole concept of teamwork is what keeps us all going. It's my role to create scoring chances, and to come through for my teammates is extremely satisfying. ~ Mia Hamm

A winner is that person who gets up one more time than she is knocked down. ~ Mia Hamm

HAMM:
Yesterday! What does that mean? Yesterday!
CLOV (violently):
That means that bloody awful day, long ago, before this bloody awful day. I use the words you taught me. If they don't mean anything any more, teach me others. Or let me be silent.
(Pause.) ~ Samuel Beckett

President Obama is riding the wrong horse on energy. ~ Harold Hamm

It doesn't occur to me that I don't drive a cool car until I hang out with Jon Hamm, who picks me up in what looks like a Transformer, and I think, 'Oh, that's what movie stars are driving. I guess I'm not a movie star.' ~ Bill Hader