Like many young women, I grew up believing that (1) physical ability wasn't very important, and (2) I didn't have any.

It's time to raise a generation of participants, not another generation of fans.

Men sometimes seem more ready to accept women as brain surgeons than as athletes.

On the off-chance you won't live forever, maybe you should try being happy now.

Don’t Live Life as if you are meant to exist, many people do so. Instead, choose to Live as if Life is a Celebration.

Real change happens on the level of the gesture. It's one person doing one thing differently than he or she did before.

Kyle clapped his hands together. “Goody! The Zoe dates back some 3000 years to when the Greek gods ruled.”“Who’s Zoe?” I interjected.Kyle huffed. “It’s not a who, it’s a what.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

there is no aristocracy of grief. Grief is a great leveler.

If we can continue to win, hopefully they can falter a little down the stretch.

All reality is a blender where hopes and dreams are mixed with fear and despair.

You think you photograph a particular scene for the pleasure it gives. In fact it's the scene that wants to be photographed. You're merely an extra in the production.

Just believe in yourself and to find spirituality that’s going to carry you. Because all the rest is just fluff.

Many feel they are called to the priesthood, but what they really hear is an inner voice saying, 'It's indoor work with no heavy lifting, do you want to be a ploughman like your father?'