Being strong, showing that you will see things through no matter what comes your way, that's what matters most to me.

Life is going to present you with tons of problems, it's what you do about them that matters.

Hang onto that goal and you do what you have to do to make it happen.

My desire to fight comes from within... it's a personal journey of accomplishment, not meant to be judges or for me to judge others.

Am I nervous? Yeah. Am I scared? Sure. But I do this because I love it.

Resilience is going to pay off.

I think everyone has the desire in their life to be the best at something that touches them, that reaches them.

I don't think about being tired, I don't think about my technique. I just try to break their will.

The pressure... It's not real unless you let it be real.

I like to be confident, absolutely not cocky, and I like to have that healthy fear of my opponents. It keeps me on my toes.

I always come back around. I make it work.

Be not another, if you can be yourself.

A challenging life isn't impossible to overcome, but it does mean that you might have to work a little harder to overcome it.

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.

A reasonable man needs only to practice moderation to find happiness.

We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.

There are three major social issues that this country is struggling with: education, poverty, and drugs. Two of them we talk about, and one of them we don't.

Like us many have spoken over this spring, but they were gone in the twinkling of an eye. We conquered the world with bravery and might, but we did not take it with us to the grave.

A promise must be about actions: no one can promise to go on feeling a certain way.

It is the safeguard of the strongest that he lives under a government which is obliged to respect the voice of the weakest.

No Jewish blood runs among my blood,but I am as bitterly and hardly hatedby every anti-semiteas if I were a Jew. By thisI am a Russian.