I'm a competitive person and it is in my nature to try hard in every match I play. The only time I'm not competitive is when I'm playing against my mom.

As long as there's pasta and Chinese food in the world, I'm okay.

All of the Spaniards are really talented. I don't know what they eat.

You can work really hard, but if you're not training in the right way you're not going to improve and get to the level that you want to.

If you quit once, it's so much easier to quit the second, third, fourth time.

When you give your best, that's all you can ask of yourself, all that people can ask of you and all that god desires from you. No matter what the result, walk with your head held high.

I see tendencies, I see body language.

I was always really strict on myself about doing everything possible to prepare for competition.

Hard work is the only way to go. Strive to be the best you can be and remember that when you try your best, you can't ask any more from yourself, and people can't ask any more from you.

I am actually nondenominational.

I am just trying to get biblically stronger.

You cannot reach the pinnacle of success without overcoming the fear of failure just like you can’t reach space without overcoming the attraction of gravity.

A tip for increased sales or in situations of life or death: Try to always refer to the lady as Miss. or Ms. Using the term: Ma'am could piss her off.

Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all.

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.

I'm not the type who'll yell about my achievements from the rooftops.

I've been a soldier, I've been a bunch of little girls, all sorts of roles that I would not have been able to be with on camera context because I just don't look the part.

Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

My mom is this liberal, feminist, Mormon powerhouse. I just love her to death.

Forever is a very long time, especially the bit towards the end.

Further, Japan is the second largest donor in Iraq after the United States, with over $5 billion dollars for humanitarian, infrastructure and reconstruction projects.