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

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.

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

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

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!

The egg it is the source of all To everyone's ancestral hall.

I got kind of tired of playing, I think. But I think it will be part of my life again, maybe.

But then peace, peace! I am so mistrustful of it: so much afraid that it means a sort of weakness and giving in.

The challenge of photography is to show the thing photographed so that our feelings are awakened and hidden aspects are revealed to us

It takes a lot of energy to manipulate someone and keep them on a string.

Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.

The foundation of economic development is the acquisition of more productive knowledge.

Natural freedoms are but just: There's something generous in mere lust.

A final reminder. Whenever you are in Paris at twilight in the early summer, return to the Seine and watch the evening sky close slowly on a last strand of daylight fading quietly, like a sigh.

Awaken and rejoice. Awaken and be alive. Awaken to the possibility of being fulfilled.