I give all the glory to God. It's kind of a win-win situation. The glory goes up to Him and the blessings fall down on me.

Never give up and always keep fighting, because though times may be tough, the sacrifices do pay off, so just keep pushing towards your dream and just love it at the same time and enjoy it.

Hard days are the best because that's when champions are made.

My message is to never quit, never give up. When you have a little trouble here and there, just keep fighting. In the end, it will pay off.

Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood and tears and effort in the gym every day.

Never quit. Never give up.

You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.

The most important thing is to believe in yourself and know that you can do it.

Don't be afraid to speak up for yourself. Keep fighting for your dreams!

No one is going to feel sorry for you, so you have to go out there and be fierce.

Always be courageous and strong, and don't fear.

Failure is the ultimate motivator, the supreme teacher, and the definitive guarantee of life. Failure is what makes success so addictive.

If we want to increase our own happiness, we need to invest in growing the community happiness and also take care of the whole, of Mother Earth.

You must choose between your attachments and happiness.

There is in all this cold and hollow world, No fount of deep, strong,deathless love ;save that within a mother's heart

The need for growth - what we might call immaturity - is not a negative state of being.

Man's mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not.

Praise God for the hammer, the file, and the furnace. The hammer molds us, the file sharpens us, and the fire tempers us.

So maybe it wasn't the fairy tale. But those stories weren't real anyway. Mine were.

There's no such thing as losing touch. You can take me out of the ghetto, but you can't take the ghetto out of me.

When the melody touches your heart emotionally and the words hit your brain intellectually, more than likely you'll find you'll have an excellent song to sing.