Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

There is no middle ground for the selfless and the selfish.

My best career decision was probably not giving up when I wanted to. God as well as my family and friends were there for me during my toughest times.

It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.

Experience is, for me, the highest authority.

Too many young African-American and Latino men ended up in jail for nonviolent offenses.

I'm living a dream. I hope in 10 years people will know me as a gold medalist.

It is not heroes that make history, but history that makes heroes.

I can't come on like a parent to these kids, if I do, I won't be able to have fun working with them. The good news is they all have parents. The younger ones, their parents by law have to be on set.

I want to do more documentaries and travel to places I haven't been. That is where I think I can be fulfilled.

The cynicism that regards hero worship as comical is always shadowed by a sense of physical inferiority