I think many psychologists were considered nonathletic in college because they were so studious.
And there was a guy named Kai Carmody who was this incredibly serious, studious guy, and we wanted to have a nickname for him, but it was very difficult because he was so boring.
Don't be someone you're not - if it's not in your nature to be studious, don't try and force yourself to be so.
So studious was Mr. Shabazz that he would correct others, even if only a single word was out of place.
Friends would say, 'My parents are forcing me to do GCSEs.' I'd think, 'Mine aren't' - 'Forget books,' they said, 'Go to the university of life.' I was dead studious, so they told me to get out, get drunk, have friends.
"Japanese tend to be studious, so they really get to know everything about major league lineups," said Yumiko Udo, a sports announcer on NHK, the government-financed broadcaster.
So was she the studious type?
Suffice to say I was grounded for months and found myself the subject of endless chides from my much better-behaved schoolmates, who couldn't get their head around someone so studious moonlighting as a common criminal.
Francine was quite studious, while Laraine was quite social, so they balanced each other out.
