God gave me this illness to remind me that I'm not Number One; He is.

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.

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

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

Perfection' is man's ultimate illusion. It simply doesn't exist in the universe.... If you are a perfectionist, you are guaranteed to be a loser in whatever you do.

Animal? As in lion and tiger and chipmunk? Who's he kidding?

When you sing live, you cannot expect any artist, except for the amazing Beyonce or GaGa, to get it right every time.

Belief forms behavior.

I am doing better now though one of my legs is shorter than the other due to the operations.

Two or three things I know for sure, and one of them is the way you can both hate and love something you are not sure you understand.

If I hadn't been living here [in America], do you think we would have gotten a Grammy? No chance.

I was the son of a publican and a master builder. He ran the Empire Hotel in North Hobart. His name was Max, too. Big Max.

The democratic world has come to a dead end; likewise, the communist world has come to a dead end. But the Unification Church is just beginning!