Every human being on this planet has their pain and their heartache and it's up to all of us to find our way back to the light.

I am overwhelmed by the strength of my body and the power of my mind. For one moment, just one second, I feel immortal.

This journey has always been about reaching your own other shore no matter what it is, and that dream continues.

You're never too old to chase your dream.

If you want to touch the other shore badly enough, barring an impossible situation, you will. If your desire is diluted for any reason, you'll never make it.

I wanted to teach myself some life lessons at the age of 60 and one of them was that you don't give up.

A lot of athletes have this sort of invincibility: [The jellyfish] should worry about me. I don't worry about them. I'll just swim right through them.

I am willing to put myself through anything; temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level.

Swimming is probably the ultimate of burnout sports.

The spirit is larger than the body. The body is pathetic compared to what we have inside us

But for each of us, isn't life about determining your own finish line?

What does it matter? Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I'd far rather be happy than right any day.

Truth and honesty are some of the most powerful principles to developing a nation.

Kaku, the aamti is excellent. Did you put ghee in the daal when it was boiling?

The life of a mathematician is dominated by an insatiable curiosity, a desire bordering on passion to solve the problems he is studying.

You know you're a success when you look at your kids and realize they turned out better than you.

It seems strange to make a priori arguments about the relative performance of governments and the markets in health care when there is so much empirical evidence.

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.

I couldn’t help it,” I said, knowing how lame that sounded. It was as bad as Angeline’s “it’s not my fault” mantra.

Black Friday is a media trap, an orchestrated mass hallucination based on herd dynamics and the media cycle.

I always have to presume that each movie is my last movie because I never know if I'll get money again.