I had something to do, which most kids really need. Something they can look forward to - a goal, a purpose to work towards. Something to achieve. Keeps them out of trouble.

If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.

You could be the world's best garbage man, the world's best model; it don't matter what you do if you're the best.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

Rest but never quit. Even the sun has a sinking spell each evening. But it always rises the next morning. At sunrise, every soul is born again.

Religion should not be allowed to come into Politics....Religion is merely a matter between man and God.

I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right.

Don't count the days, make the days count.

There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.

Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step.

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.

Without mysticism man can achieve nothing great.

I've always been drawn to solitude, felt a kind of luxurious relief in its self-generated pace and rhythms.

I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It.

no reason to mention my peculiarities, my wandering in the maze these many years, shut away from sight. and from love, too.

Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.

I was a boy toy for a bunch of women.

Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.

I don't mind being listed alphabetically. I do mind being treated alphabetically.

I ofen looked up at the sky an' assed meself the question - what is the stars, what is the stars?