I got sick of turning on the TV and seeing my face.

The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.

Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

Our challenges don’t define us, our actions do.

If you fixate on the worst-case scenario and it actually happens, you’ve lived it twice.

Family is not an important thing. It's everything.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur.

We like to think we're in control but we never are.

I was a coward. I went to the war.

We need to develop new strategies overcome every challenge.

The strength of a man is in his character. A strong man is a great man of wisdom who understands, his top priority is to his family.

Money is a kind of uneffable thing, who ever does not values it is the best person in these world.

What one relishes, nourishes.

Never hit anyone in anger, unless you're absolutely sure you can get away with it.

I just plan on playing my best and continuing to put myself in a great position to win. I hope to win a 2nd bracelet and hopefully a WPT title.

There is no sustainable future for fisheries as long as human populations continue to increase.

I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.