Don't make excuses, just get it done!

Strength and conditioning are the keys to good performance and longevity in gymnastics.

All the hands, hearts and minds of the individuals collectively contribute to the team's success. (listen to your team, watch their body language, share your expectations . . . work together.)

Put fire into your workout any you burn off worry and frustration!

There is no greatness without taking risks.

There is no such thing as failure, only partial success!

Love is a two-way street, but not everyone deserves a license.

There is always a spark before a drive. Don’t expect any miracle to occur in your life if you won’t avail yourself to be sparked by the Holy Spirit of God!

One can talk good and shower down roses, but it's the receiver that has to walk through the thorns, and all its false expectations.

Patriotism demands of us sustained sacrifice.

Celebrate those who have the courage to be second, because I do think that often there really is this claustrophobic pressure to innovate instead of to adapt.

With the tools of democracy, democracy was murdered and lawlessness made "legal." Raw power ruled, and its only real goal was to destroy all other powers besides itself.

We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.

I'm not a slave to anything anymore. And I never will be again.

However often you may have done them a favour, if you once refuse they forget everything except your refusal.

No matter that I have inhibitions enough to fill all my pockets; I keep trying , hoping that one day I'll write a poem I can be proud to let sit in a museum exhibit as the only proof I existed.