Rod Laver

I wasn't embarrassed that I'd had a stroke, but I just didn't want people to think I was milking it or looking for sympathy. It happened, and I dealt with it. Afterwards, I tried to do what I could for other people who had strokes, speaking at hospitals that treated stroke victims.

Australian Athlete

Julie Andrews

When I've least expected it, an enormous opportunity or stroke of luck has crossed right under my nose. So I tell everybody, if you're passionate about what you do and you love it, do it. But do your homework. Because you'll never know when the opportunity is going to happen.

English Actress

Jack Davenport

In terms of the pilot, you have to introduce a lot of characters in a very short period of time, and you have to paint with slightly broad brush strokes because you just need to give an audience an idea of who these people might be.

British Actor

Ram Dass

The stroke has given me another way to serve people. It lets me feel more deeply the pain of others; to help them know by example that ultimately, whatever happens, no harm can come. 'Death is perfectly safe,' I like to say.

American Psychologist

Sela Ward

It's about, I did talk about my life in broad strokes and what home meant to me in order to really explore the subject of home and can you go back and what that means for people in that sense of community that we've lost.

American Actress

Fat Joe

I love to eat. If I could eat everything in the world and still be healthy or wouldn't catch a heart attack or stroke, I'd eat everything. I just can't. So I got to watch my health and take care of my family.

American Musician

Jack Nicklaus

I'd rather be two strokes ahead going into the last day than two strokes behind. Having said that, it's probably easier to win coming from behind. There is no fear in chasing. There is fear in being chased.

American Golfer

Kirk Douglas

When you have a stroke, you must talk slowly to be understood, and I've discovered that when I talk slowly, people listen. They think I'm going to say something important!

American Actor

Ruth Rendell

People who have had a stroke and are recovering from it love being read to... especially by someone who is a good reader - it does help them to get better.

British Writer

Ed Koch

You want me to tell me the truth or do you want me to stroke you?

American Politician

Use 'stroke' to describe a serious medical condition requiring immediate attention.

Medical Emergency

'Stroke' often refers to an event that might lead to long-term consequences.

Irreversible Damage

Emphasizes a continuous, uninterrupted motion, especially in writing or art.

Fluid Motion

'Stroke' can imply an action done with ease and confidence.

Effortless Action

In sports, 'stroke' is about specific techniques, not just any hit or touch.

Sports Technique

A good 'stroke' in sports often requires much practice and skill development.

Practice Required

Use 'stroke' to describe soft, comforting physical contact with a living being.

Gentle Touch

'Stroke' suggests a loving or caring motion often used with pets or loved ones.

Affectionate Gesture

When it comes to swimming, 'stroke' refers to a specific movement technique.

Swimming Skill

Mastering a swimming 'stroke' demands regular practice and technique refinement.

Consistent Practice

 Now, you all know that high cholesterol is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, heart attack, stroke. And so you're thinking having high cholesterol isn't the best thing, and so the doctor says, "You know, I'd like to give you a drug that will help you lower your cholesterol, a statin."

How to stay calm when...

 Physics also tells us that the only forces that can influence objects from afar are magnetic and gravitational. Probably the closest thing to telekinesis that science can explain is the use of thoughts to control a robotic arm. In the brains of stroke patients who can't move,

Is telekinesis real? -...

 studies show that chronically sleeping fewer than six hours a night increases stroke risk by four and half times compared to those getting a consistent seven to eight hours of shuteye. For a handful of people on the planet who carry a rare inherited genetic mutation,

What would happen if you...

 and cardiovascular disease, which causes heart attacks and other problems like strokes, is the world's leading killer. So what causes a heart attack? Like all muscles, the heart needs oxygen, and during a heart attack, it can't get enough. Fatty deposits, or plaques,

What happens during a...

 hear you um that talk was of course about your personal story surviving stroke at the time you were a neuroscientist and you became your own research subject um what happened at that talk what happened to your life within the first

The right brain vs. left...

 About one-third of stroke survivors suffer from aphasia making it more prevalent than Parkinson's disease or multiple sclerosis, yet less widely known. There is one rare form of aphasia called primary progressive aphasia, or PPA,

Aphasia: The disorder...

 Drinking well might also have various long-term benefits. Studies have shown that optimal hydration can lower the chance of stroke, help manage diabetes, and potentially reduce the risk of certain types of cancer.

 They must keep moving or risk the same fate as their quarry, the creatures that have collapsed from heat stroke. Too deeply buried, but a good place to cool off. Foraging decisions must be fast.

Antlion Cone Death Trap...

 but vampire bats can be a great help to humans. A chemical known as desmoteplase found in vampire bat saliva helps break down blood clots, and is being tested by recovering stroke victims.

The truth about bats -...

 I said with aggression with my face expression and bass not going in with no shirt on and my blood and my pockets over here seeing if you know he saw slapping or just grabbing by stroke