Anyone who attempts anything original in the world must expect a bit of ridicule.

I got involved in athletics during physical education lessons at school.

Be very strong... be very methodical in your life if you want to be a champion.

Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition.

In Cuba we use our champions to promote the sport.

We are just not made up to be middle distance runners.

I run in practically every single road race in my country, 5k, 10k just to promote the sport.

The most important part of this is to prepare the athlete for life in general and then be able to compete.

You never know the limit of a human being.

The medal is not for yourself. It couldn't be done without the support and help of my people, runners, and coaches

I love music, and outside of work my family keeps me very busy, I have five children to keep track of.

Its helpful to know the reasons for our faith...it helps us not be so vulnerable to doubt, and it helps us not be so vulnerable to false doctrine.

Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.

Ain't it hard when you discover that, he wasn't really where it's at, after he took from you everything he could steal. How does it feel?

I'm not a theater rat, so I never got a theatrical agent and did a play. I came really close though.

I can't say, 'It doesn't matter if you win or lose.' It's not true. You go in to win.

Organizing atheists is like hurding cats

I should like to enflame the whole world with my taste for gardening. There is no virtue that I would not attribute to the man who lives to project and execute gardens.

Only the history of free peoples is worth our attention; the history of men under a despotism is merely a collection of anecdotes.

Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the greatest teachers of our time. He reaches from the heights of insight down to the deepest places of the absolutely ordinary.

I'm not aware that I was consciously influenced by any director, though these things often happen unnoticed, submerged in the unconscious.