Did I choose my hair texture? No. I'm grateful for having this hair on my head.

Never give up and always keep fighting, because though times may be tough, the sacrifices do pay off, so just keep pushing towards your dream and just love it at the same time and enjoy it.

Hard days are the best because that's when champions are made.

My message is to never quit, never give up. When you have a little trouble here and there, just keep fighting. In the end, it will pay off.

Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood and tears and effort in the gym every day.

Never quit. Never give up.

You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.

The most important thing is to believe in yourself and know that you can do it.

Don't be afraid to speak up for yourself. Keep fighting for your dreams!

No one is going to feel sorry for you, so you have to go out there and be fierce.

Always be courageous and strong, and don't fear.

It is not over, unless you stop trying.

If you would understand the present, you must come to know the past.

I'm the son of an everyman. My father is a teacher. He teaches physics at a boys' school in Sydney.

You have to have some kind of clarity or understanding of what's happening to write.

I'm not an animal lover if that means you think things are nice if you can pat them, but I am intoxicated by animals.

Up with skirts, down with pants!'

It always seemed to me a sort of clever stupidity only to have one sort of talent - like a carrier pigeon.

The hurdles have taught me that if you work really, really hard at perfecting the little things in your life, the big picture will come together.

Woman's happiness consists in obeying; she objects to a man who yields too much.

It's bad biology to rob nonhuman animals of their emotional lives.