Motivation is the single most important factor in any sort of success.

It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

I will come again & conquer you because as a mountain you can't grow, but as a human, I can

People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.

With practice and focus, you can extend yourself far more than you ever believed possible.

Mount Everest, you beat me the first time, but I'll beat you the next time because you've grown all you are going to grow... but I'm still growing!

You don't have to be a hero to accomplish great things---to compete. You can just be an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.

Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.

Life's a bit like mountaineering - never look down.

I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.

I have discovered that even the mediocre can have adventures and even the fearful can achieve.

Just remember life is all an illusion.....it's your creation and you can dismantle it and re-create at will.

The only candidate I'd allow to play my music would be Bigfoot, and unless we're talking about foraging for squirrels, he's notoriously apolitical.

Humor's a weapon if you want to make it one.

I love the day date. No wine, no shower.

Donald Trump is a bully who thrives on division.

I'm not telling you that suicidal people aren't so far away from people who can get by; I'm telling you that people who can get by aren't so far away from being suicidal.

Lawyers spend their professional careers shoveling smoke.

Wild oats will get sown some time, and one of the arts of life is to sow them at the right time.

I was awful at football when I was a little kid. I didn't have the aggressiveness. I was just a nice kid. I didn't want to hurt anyone.

I think I would have written five times as much as I've written if I didn't have this terrible sense of perfection.