I went through a lifestyle change when I dropped 40 pounds. Taking care of my diet was the first thing I did.

I swam my brains out.

I'm trying to do the best I can. I'm not concerned with tomorrow, but with what goes on today.

Life is everchanging, if you cease to change, you cease to live.

If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

We all love to win, but how many people love to train?

It has nothing to do with swimming. That happens to be my sport. I'm trying to see how far I can go

Swimming isn't everything - winning is.

If you are relaxing and subconsciously thinking about your coming race, you are going to perform at just about 100 percent efficiency.

If you want to be Mark Spitz then go for it. If you want to be Michael Phelps then you'll have to work for it. Nobody should wake up to a lower expectation of themselves.

And if you have high cholesterol, you would feel the same as if you had low cholesterol because there are no side effects, no symptoms of having high cholesterol.

When is one considered to be in the awareness of ‘one’s own Self’? It is when all the desires become mild (when desires lessens).

Your pride will be uprooted when a person who insults you appears to be your benefactor. The person who insults should be considered a benefactor, instead people get depressed when they are insulted.

Love is an eternal shining star.

I am living testimony to the moral force of non-violence. I know there's nothing weak - nothing passive - nothing naïve - in the creed and lives of Gandhi and King.

No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.

Italy was a surprise in my life. I went there just to make money and then go back to Israel and study psychology. The arts wasn't something I grew up with or thought I could be part of.

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.

You only stop learning when you quit.

God's will! my liege, would you and I alone, Without more help, could fight this royal battle!

You write music for yourself and if you just open that door and let people in, the audience is going to grow and it's going to become more accessible.