I thought the race could be won in the last kilometers in the park. Every hill I ran in training I ran to gain an extra step in the park.

Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?'. The answer is usually: 'Yes'.

My upbringing gave me a strong will, a mental aggressiveness in what I wanted to achieve.

Remember that sports are meant to be fun. Don't let someone make the sport unfun for you.

I don't actually think “true love” is such a good term because love can only be true. If it isn't true it can't be love.

Although the masters make the rules for the wise men and the fools, I've got nothing, Ma, to live up to.

An artist's early work is inevitably made up of a mixture of tendencies and interests, some of which are compatible and some of which are in conflict

I like being married. I like taking care of people, having someone to make dinner for.

Sometimes parents, when they have a lot of small children, it's hard because your time's got to get divvied up. There's no other way.

Nobody can think straight who does not work. Idleness warps the mind.

If you've got just a little bit of faith as a grain of mustard seed, and begin to praise God - that faith will mount up, until fear won't be able to stay in your heart.

I think that makeup can be challenging, especially when you are younger.

How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?