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.

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.

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?

My mom just died. We blink and another decade passes. I don't want to reach the end of my life and regret not having given my days everything in me to make them worthwhile.

What is your vision of ideal world?

Don't degrade your soul to the extent of believing in curses. No man can curse you except your maker.

Haphazard actions don’t bring results!

Education is all about igniting young minds and enabling them to attain their fullest potential.

If we want world peace, we must break the vicious circle of violence and reprisal, of an eye for an eye, of endless hate.

I’m not really all that familiar with comic book culture.

Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite, All are on their rounds tonight; In the wan moon's silver ray, Thrives their helter-skelter play.

Expecting perfection from ourselves or others is not what holiness is about.

People come to New York City because they want something different... now, people are just getting the sterilized version of that.