If it doesn't hurt, it wasn't a big deal.

I don't believe in luck. Like I didn't win a lot of races for awhile, and it's because I didn't put myself in position to win enough of them.

The problem with many athletes is they take themselves seriously and their sport lightly.

If people don't know me, then I don't care what they say about me.

I think I'm someone who is pretty happy with themselves and pretty content where they are in life. I want to share my happiness and hopefully enrich people's lives that I come into contact with.

Great news for Pres Obama. He watched football all weekend and tomorrow he will receive the Heisman trophy. Next week he's going to watch NASCAR. Move over, Jimmie Johnson!

As a human being, our abilities are unlimited. The only limitation is the mindset.

Be baptize with the Holy Spirit.

I cannot be bound to the confines of your rules. I am the exception to them.

I want to make wines that harmonize with food - wines that almost hug your tongue with gentleness.

PhD, MFA, self-taught - the only things you must have to become a writer are the stamina to continue and a wily, cagey heart in the face of extremity, failure, and success.

You have to be involved in terms of what's happening in your local neighborhood and what issues are there.

Every time somebody makes an Indian movie...Cher on a horse with a headdress and a miniskirt...the fashion industry cashes in.

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude itself is, in one sense, overcome.

Today the United States has admitted that after months and months of searching, we still have no idea where Osama bin Laden is. Osama bin Laden? We can't even find Kenneth Lay.

Each time I reach a goal or read a great review, I am beyond pleased.