Before I became a Muslim, I ate pork and chased women--but all that stuff stopped.

If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.

You could be the world's best garbage man, the world's best model; it don't matter what you do if you're the best.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

Rest but never quit. Even the sun has a sinking spell each evening. But it always rises the next morning. At sunrise, every soul is born again.

Religion should not be allowed to come into Politics....Religion is merely a matter between man and God.

I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right.

Don't count the days, make the days count.

There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.

Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step.

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

The Cold War is over but Cold War thinking survives.

I'm pretty unusual for an actress in Hollywood because I am totally unselfconscious about my body.

If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.

For Beatrice, when we first met, I was lonely, and you were pretty. Now I am pretty lonely.

It is hard to wait and press and pray, and hear no voice, but stay till God answers.

Success doesn't happen overnight. It's the small successes achieved day by day that build a company. So, don't be impatient or focused on immediate financial rewards.

Resolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most profitable way I possibly can.

I don't want to sit around by the pool luxuriating with a margarita. That's just not what I want to do.

I give you an ability to respond and your response is to be free to love and serve in every situation, and therefore each moment is different and unique and wonderful.