I want fifteen referees at this fight…because there ain’t no one man who can keep up with the pace I’m gonna set except me

If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.

You could be the world's best garbage man, the world's best model; it don't matter what you do if you're the best.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

Rest but never quit. Even the sun has a sinking spell each evening. But it always rises the next morning. At sunrise, every soul is born again.

Religion should not be allowed to come into Politics....Religion is merely a matter between man and God.

I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right.

Don't count the days, make the days count.

There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.

Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step.

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

When you become the light, there will be no darkness.

To maintain an ignorance of oneself, is to grieve for the absolution of life.

You can be quiet and go back to kissing me, or you can leave.

When I feel difficulty coming on I switch to another book I'm writing. When I get back to the problem my unconscious has solved it.

I must confess it was very unexpected and I am very startled at my metamorphosis into a chemist.

We can never have enough of nature. We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor.

All that changing of plates and flapping of napkins while you wait 40 minutes for your food.

Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.

I went with my husband and an innocent child to California. I went to a theatrical manager and asked him to allow me to earn money enough on the stage to buy our tickets home. He did.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.