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...getting her comment on a recent quote from the oh-so-eloquent Richard Williams. He recently said in Canada that he wants Serena and Venus to quit tennis at 22 because "we're not training nuts and fools. We're training out kids to be where they can function in a real world because tennis is not real world...
Despite the loss, Harvard demonstrated toughness throughout the contest and never quit even when the Bear's took control of the game...
...then there are people like Sherri Miller, 32, a full-time mother in Manhattan who tried the Atkins diet, lost 3 lbs. but quit when she tired of the fare. In fact, one of the tricks behind these diets, detractors say, is that by cutting out one major food group, like carbohydrates, people get bored quickly. "These diets work primarily by making people feel sick," says Dr. F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, chief of endocrinology, diabetes and nutrition at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. "If you go on a strict high-protein diet, you feel nauseated...
...matter how many adjustments corporations make, of course, some people will never embrace the off-hours routine. For six years, John Wheeler, 39, was a night news writer and producer for CNN in Atlanta. "I was out of synch with the rest of the world," he recalls. He quit last fall, and insists, "You couldn't pay me enough to go back." Instead, he chose to become a 9-to-5 public relations specialist for United Parcel Service--a company that happens to be one of the major employers of nightworkers...
...Mets reminded me of the Boston Red Sox because they played on emotion; they didn't know how to quit. A Subway Series would have been absolutely nuts. The good part would have been being able to sleep in the same bed every night. The bad part would have been trying to get tickets to satisfy everyone. My wife is one of 16 children...