I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that of an athlete.

So when I say that I am a refugee, you must understand that there is no refuge.

A scar is never ugly. That is what the scar makers want us to think. A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.

Looking after a very sick child was the Olympics of parenting.

A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.

At some point you just have to turn around and face your life head on.

Our own personal brand of courage - in relationships, in conflict, in our principles ­ - is as unique as our fingerprints.

I’m telling you, trouble is like the ocean. It covers two thirds of the world.

I could not stop talking because now I had started my story, it wanted to be finished. We cannot choose where to start and stop. Our stories are the tellers of us.

We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, 'I survived'.

It is certainly impossible to imagine forgiving the enemy while their animus remains undefeated.

I had a tumor. But it was great.

If you have the desire, passion and enthusiasm to do something, nothing in the world will stop you.

Your mind is the paintbrush, the earth is your easel. Create your masterpeice

One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.

Believe me, man, there are people who are going to have way more troubles mentally than I am.

When every memory has been made and the pages start to fade. And every prayer you ever prayed is heaven bound. When you think the ride is over, you're back at the beginning. Love is never-ending.

There is no passion of the human heart that promises so much and pays so little as revenge.

When in doubt, shoot. That's how I look at it.

And for the last three minutes on the wind of a windless day I have heard the sound of drums and flute.

Of bird and prophet and his light shall lead On through the darkness to eventual light, To undiscovered wealth, to newer need . . .