I love pedicures. And, yes, I have a ton of shoes.

I couldn't have been a great goalkeeper without power, agility and quickness.

I think it's my personality to overcome things, learn from them and become stronger, both personally and professionally. To be honest, I welcome those hardships.

There are no shortcuts. If you feel good, you'll look good, you'll play good. Work hard every day. No matter what your strengths and weaknesses, there's no substitute for hard work.

I've learned that winning isn't everything, and it's more about the journey. But at the end of the day, I just want to stand on the podium with the gold medal.

There are so many different walks of life, so many different personalities in the world. And no longer do you have to be a chameleon and try and adapt to that environment - you can truly be yourself.

I like to read books and be alone; I'm not social butterfly person.

True heros are made of hard work and integrity.

I don't need a captain's band to lead a team to victory.

I think every athlete has their window of opportunity, and you just have to jump on it. You never know when it can end. So I'm just trying to live large while I have the opportunity.

I just want to stay in my hotel room, read my book. I enjoy that private time.

Don’t desire kindness but desire courage so that you may persist on the right path.

Love is like skydiving without a parachute.

It is the man who loves reading books who gets to know himself

The experience of history should lead us to hope and strive to make the world better, not to despair and resign ourselves to fate.

Nothing surpasses the beauty and elegance of a bad idea.

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues. Be active in business, that temptation may miss her aim; the bird that sits is easily shot.

Behind the curtain's mystic fold The glowing future lies unrolled.

Wind indeed increases fire, but custom love.

Fools laugh at the Latin language. -Rident stolidi verba Latina

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