Erase the word "failure" from your vocabulary. No case is ever truly closed, and no challenge is ever over.

Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.

If I had a bad performance in a particular leotard, I threw it in the trash.

Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it.

Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing your self to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off.

Rather then focusing on the obstacle in your path, focus on the bridge over the obstacle.

A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.

As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given.

Even though it may seem counterintuitive, a comfort zone is a dangerous place to be.

As much time as you put into it, that's what your achievements are going to be when you come out of it.

Heat is required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the story of a flaming heart.

Water is sacred to all Human Beings. If you do not have water, you cannot have life. I always remember to honor and pour the water because it is traditional.

It ain't over 'til it's over.

When you try to be everything to everyone, you accomplish being nothing to anyone

As long as the protagonist wants something, the audience will want something.

Those who are inspired by a model other than Nature, labor in vain.

Today's restaurant is theater on a grand scale.

I have never, ever, EVER met anyone who's regretted following their heart.

The key to eating healthy is not eating any food that has a TV commercial.

[Companies that specialized in how to destroy unions] don't make it a secret, and they have all sorts of techniques for management to destroy unions.

Music tells no truths.