I’ve worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down, and I will not let myself down.

Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... play for her.

My coach said I ran like a girl, I said if he could run a little faster he could too

Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.

I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.

A winner is that person who gets up one more time than she is knocked down.

Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.

I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.

The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.

I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.

The backbone of success is...hard work, determination, good planning, and perserverence.

Edward: You know what the difference is between a dream and a goal? he used to say to me. A plan.

Retirement is a stage where an employer discards an employee that he cannot exploit further.

I hear Mr. Palmer tell Hannah that it was an electrical fault. Five arsonists in one school and it ends up being something so technically boring.

If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me.

Look at the sky. Ask yourselves: Has the sheep eaten the flower, yes or no? And you will see how everything changes.

But even though there were plenty of teeth in the grin, there was no heart.

Repeat: Sharing the kids bathroom while my master bath gets renovated is family bonding. So fun.

Black and white players hadn't appeared together in public before Teddy Wilson and I began working with B.G.

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.

A little town is like a lantern. Nothing's hid from sight.