I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I've had, they'd look like they were through. Done. But there's something about me - I'm smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I'm smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.

American Musician

Mark Foster

I was afraid of the sophomore slump even before our first record came out. It was a very real fear because I'd watched so many bands I'd loved in the past not deliver. I knew it was a very real thing. I didn't know why it happens, but I'd been thinking about it a lot.

Shinzo Abe

Japan's beautiful seas and its territory are under threat, and young people are having trouble finding hope in the future amid economic slump. I promise to protect Japan's land and sea, and the lives of the Japanese people no matter what.

Japanese Statesman

Louis Oosthuizen

On the practice green, I hit a lot of four-footers with my right hand only. But whatever grip I'm using, you can bet I'm feeling good about it. Otherwise, I'd change. That's how I avoid slumps.

South African Athlete

Shania Twain

I was in a very deep, dark slump, and I needed to find a way to get myself out of it. I had to force myself back out into life, back out into experiencing things.

Canadian Musician

Hank Aaron

My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.

American Baseball Player

Frank Langella

What helped me most were my failures and slumps - when I couldn't get work, people weren't interested in me or had written me off.

American Actor

Graeme Souness

Whatever happens will happen, that's the rollercoaster of life. What matters is how you handle the slumps.

Scottish Athlete

Laurence J. Peter

Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.

Canadian Writer

Yogi Berra

Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.

Use 'slump' to describe someone giving way under fatigue.

Physical Exhaustion

Loss of Hope

Illustrates a gloomy or dejected posture.

Emotional Visual

Used to discuss a significant business downturn.

Business Context

Indicates downward movements in financial markets.

Market Trends

A slump often signals a broader economic challenge.

Economic Indicator

Stresses a prolonged downturn, not a brief dip.

Extended Decline

Marks a period of difficulty or poor performance.

Negative Phase

Commonly used when athletes or teams underperform.

Sports Usage

Refers to land movement, used in scientific contexts.

Geological Event

Indicates natural disasters affecting terrain stability.

Environmental Concern

 The same thing the next day, and then the next, quickly slipping into a creative slump. And I was in a dark place for a long time, unable to create. And it didn't make any sense, because I was finally able to support my art, and yet I was creatively blank.

Embrace the Shake PIPE Phil...

 of how we see the world through own mind's eye. I'm going to give you just a few. So dieters, for instance, see apples as larger than people who are not counting calories. Softball players see the ball as smaller if they've just come out of a slump,

Why some people find...

 Your spine is a long structure made of bones and the cartilage discs that sit between them. Joints, muscles and ligaments that are attached to the bones hold it all together. A common way of sitting is with a curved back and slumped shoulders,

Why sitting is bad for...

 I said, "Sure." But when I showed up, the lecture hall was cavernous and dark. As I tracked the history of the carbon cycle through geologic time to present day, most of the students were slumped over, dozing or looking at their phones.

The most important thing...

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Palenque and the Ancient...

 And armed with this information, policy makers were, eventually, able to find a way out of the slump. And because Kuznets' invention was found to be so useful, it spread around the world. And now today, every country

Michael Green: What the...

 She held me accountable and, along the way, she convinced me that I had the power to create my own story. That formula didn't just help me get out of my seventh grade slump --

How we can help the...

 help but is it too late she slumps over her body goes limp now we're taking you back to the moments before Michelle passes out she's choking and on the

Cupcakes Gone Bad PIPE Do...

 hold it's just beginning to you'll see him slump and what he's doing right now sure he's not pretending job well that's easy to test about ready to go

Tranquilising a Black...

 bodies slumped under the bright have in wait a thunderous fall in sky locked in