I don't like to be second in anything. I was trying, I just wasn't going anywhere.

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work... THERE ARE NO LIMITS.

The more you dream the more you achieve.

You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

Swimming is more than a once-every-four-years sport. My goal is to bring attention to swimming - to give it some personality.

If you want to be the best you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.

I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to rap music to get myself fired up

Perseverance, determination, commitment, and courage-those things are real. The desire for redemption drives you.

The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.

I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.

Dream as big as you can dream, and anything is possible.

She has fought many wars, most internal. The ones that you battle alone, for this, she is remarkable. She is a survivor.

Any thoughts of guilt, any feelings of regret, had faded. The desert had baked them out.

What are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend?

I mean, a Mexican boy couldn't be anything else but an Indian. And why did you take the name of Quinn, they used to say to me. Hey, you're an Indian, so I played Indians.

Calm down, Think different, Find your way.

Americans should tremble before suggesting that any fellow citizen lacks patriotism.

agony sometimes changes form but it never ceases for anybody.

What I wanted to do was give society the information it needed to decide if it wanted to change the system.

I prefer to be busy all day long, and when you work for someone else, you're not busy enough.

Art is certainly not a pursuit for anyone who wants to make money.