I definitely think moving around helped shape me and has helped me be a better player.

I hate to lose. And when I do lose, I don't lose the lesson, I don't miss the message.

Defense is on the fly, it's reactive; you have to react to the offense. I have to prevent someone from doing something when they want to do it.

I like to compete. I think competition brings out the best in anybody.

The mind is a powerful tool.

I think everyone needs competition in life, whether it be myself, you, the President.

Look at politics; they're always in competition over an election, who wants to win. It's just who we are, it's what we do.

Be enthusiastic for what you want. Work hard for it.

Check your environment and be sure that it is supportive. Some environments do not support progress. Hiroshima and Nagasaki are not fertile lands for a farmer’s dream seeds. Change location.

Why must you speak your thoughts? Silence, if fair words stick in your throat, would serve all our ends better.

I promise to be a splendid husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, won't in my sky every day...

If you sacrifice early, you'll win late.

It is not I that am drawing, it is this thing at the end of my hand.

Where else but in America could a schoolteacher from Kansas City end up the governor of her adopted state?

We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.

Good access to a doctor and a drugstore when you first have a problem can avoid a lot of cost and heartache later.

I think for most people it's hard to understand what it is about swimming - I mean, it's such a solo endeavour.