I believe in me more than anything in this world.

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.

'I can't' are two words that have never been in my vocabulary. I believe in me more than anything in this world.

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.

When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.

My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.

I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.

No matter what great things you accomplish, somebody helps you.

The potential for greatness lives within us all.

Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

Angry driver is angry human and how you drive is how you are. You can tell me the drive is different than the driver, but I haven't seen it to be.

Everybody's got a job to do, and I do mine as best I can.

Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.

I feel more influenced in my own work by dreams than I do by other writers' works in a way. Or by popular culture, movies - what else is there to write about than love and loss?

Texas is a hell hole, man. Dirt, cactus, lizards, dirt, cactus, the Bush family.

Only the fools are certain and assured.

I hardly ever work from a synopsis -- I find they act like chains.

I think it's a feeling like I've got it all figured out. There's nothing that can shock me anymore. There's nothing I haven't anticipated; so at that point, there is a calmness.

Just because you're down to your last strike, you're not out yet. You can always do more. You'll always have more at-bats to take. That's true in baseball, in rescuing animals, and in life generally.

Learning, like money, may be of so base a coin as to be utterly void of use; or, if sterling, may require good management to make it serve the purposes of sense or happiness.