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

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.

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

Character, courage, industry and perseverance are the four pillars on which the whole edifice of human life can be built and failure is a word unknown to me.

Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.

As we try to achieve perfection, society changes and we just become more imperfect

Health is more than the absence of disease. Health is about jobs and employment, education, the environment, and all of those things that go into making us healthy.

If, when you wake up in the morning, you can think of nothing but writing then you are a writer”"Se alla mattina quando ti alzi non pensi altro che allo scrivere allora sei uno scrittore

Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster.

Wasted time means wasted lives.

One novel that I think is an overriding influence in my life is 'All the King's Men,' the most beautiful book written in the U.S.

Poetry is the establishment of a metaphorical link between white butterfly-wings and the scraps of torn-up love-letters.

When even the analysts are bored, it's time to start buying.

Luck is the great stabilizer in baseball.