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...hadn't taught him a thing." Perhaps, Chappell thought, Jonathan's ability was inherited. "But I've seen that rate of improvement too often since," he says, "in kids who don't have genetic advantages." (Jonathan was a standout in under-10s but grew bored with the game and quit it for baseball...
...ONCE QUIT COMEDY FOR 12 YEARS TO SELL ALUMINUM SIDING IN NEW JERSEY. DID YOU LEARN ANYTHING SELLING SIDING THAT HELPED WHEN YOU WENT BACK TO COMEDY? No, but I learned something about selling things from doing comedy. In both fields, the most important ingredient is, you've gotta be liked. Whether you're selling aluminum siding or going onstage, you gotta make 'em like you and believe...
...during sport competitions, such as split screen and instant replay, wasn't good enough." Their idea was to layer the positions of two athletes at the same point of, say, a ski race so TV commentators could easily explain and viewers could easily see the differences. Jean-Marie quit his job and took Bergonzoli, a colleague, with him. In 1998 the pair launched Dartfish in an old chocolate factory in Fribourg, a 900-year-old city east of Geneva. Dartfish's technology gained notice when NBC used it on skiing telecasts during the 2002 Winter Olympics. The company also sold...
...This guy's supposed to be the greatest warrior of all time; I had to get my [butt] in shape." BRAD PITT, American actor, explaining why he quit smoking, went on a diet and worked out intensively to prepare for his role as Achilles in the movie Troy
That money is reserved for big bets in growth industries--the bigger, the better. "If you can't bring a $100 million business plan to the table, they're not interested," says Alec Saunders, a Windows programmer who recently quit after nine years at the company. Stung by a slowdown in corporate IT spending, Microsoft made a major play for our living rooms and pockets, with mixed results. It sank billions into the video-game business (Xbox and its soon-to-be-announced successor, Xbox 2), the cell-phone business (partnering with longtime ally Intel) and something called smart personal...