His notes to the outside world offered a window on an active, sympathetic, eclectic mind.

The only thing you deserve is what you earn

You don't get what you deserve, you get what you earn.

We don't deserve anything; we must work for everything.

I don't believe in dreams. I believe in going after it.

It's like our daddies and moms always used to tell us growing up, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you earn.

Produce results on the mat and in the classroom

Academics and wrestling, you cant separate the two.

One of George H. W. Bush's early teachers at Andover wrote, "At the moment he is intellectually immature for his powers of reasoning are not entirely developed.

He (the immigrant father) would walk by proxy in the Elysian fields of liberal learning.

He was a generous but subtly demanding boss.

Never abandon your personal message. No matter what comes your way, remain dedicated to that which you hold close to your heart

The greatest poverty is the poverty of the mind.

She is a beautiful creature, but beauty doesn't equal good and it certainly doesn't equal sane.

June suns, you cannot store themTo warm the winter's cold, The lad that hopes for heavenShall fill his mouth with mould.

People respond differently to the same image and put on what they want or hope or feel onto that image.

Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

People learn what they want to learn. If learning is forced on us, even if we master it temporarily, it is soon forgotten.

If inflation continues to soar, you're going to have to work like a dog just to live like one

Breastfeeding should not be taboo - and bottle feeding should not be judged - it's ALL fun for the whole family.

I think it's probably a good thing to be considered stable, but with a capacity for madness.