I never gave up, even when people told me I'd never make it.

There's huge satisfaction in that, but I've got to credit all the doctors and trainers in Cleveland.

She refused to know love again. The thought of another heartbreak was far too much for her to bear.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

One things guys have to remember is consistency... You can't make up for three years of eating poorly in just one workout.

It is the brushwork of the right value and color which should produce the drawing.

I try to read everything that I can about myself because Saddam Hussein didn't read his reviews and he thought he was winning!

It will be hard to find a parallel in history in which unarmed people have represented the urge for freedom, turning their armlessness into the central means for deliverance.

Theres no particular relationship between spending and educational results. Most education spending is actually on salaries, and thats allocated according to political muscle.

What sets black people apart is not some deficit in personal responsibility. It's the weight on our shoulders. That is what's actually different. We have the weight and burden of history.

The gods have chosen to entertain me with chronic eyestrain headaches. Very poisonous episodes. So I don't do a lot of reading anymore except on tape.

North Korea has a very striking mythology there. It is influencing the whole nation.