I think of how most people only get three weeks of vacation a year. And that, for me, seems like it would be really hard. My life feels like a vacation.

I come to Maui and go surfing, standup paddling, slacklining, swimming, and free-diving.

To me the Olympic spirit embodies the magic of competition, hard work and coming to a point in your career when you're around the best athletes in the world, and having the whole world watching.

The moment I think about past letdowns or future hypotheticals, I mentally put myself on shaky ground. If I clear my mind of chatter, I can succeed, just like I did in 2006.

I really think positive and hope that everything works out. Because you can't really change anything.

I knew I really had to put down a good run. I played it safe, and took risks when I could, and I came in the fastest, I guess.

Our sport is really European, so you get to show off what you do to your friends and family and they can actually follow along.

If you do not carry out your mission, your gift to the world will be buried with other riches

We have been redeemed from darkness to the light. So we must live as people of light!

Love is growing up.

The ecstasy of wrath is not enough for vengeance!

It is usually the roughest road that leads to the heights of greatness.

It's more important to be read than paid.

Kolkata is special. I have been privileged to spend time in the city and make some great friends there. I like to go there whenever I can.

I like happy sets. Happy sets are good, and I think people feel comfortable on them.

Here below is not the land of happiness: I know it now; it is only the land of toil, and every joy which comes to us is only to strengthen us for some greater labor that is to succeed.

You can't use up creativity, creative thinking builds on itself and increases the creativity of the thinker...You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.