My father loves people. No matter what their race, no matter what their position in life, he treated everyone with kindness and love and respect. And that was instilled in me just by watching him.

If you're passionate about something, you believe in it, then you have to be consistent. And you have to put in the hard work that it takes to be successful.

Sometimes your worst hits in life wind up being your best advantage. If only you could believe that when you're getting hit.

Sometimes if you don't physically attempt something, you don't realize how sick to your stomach or how hard it is.

I was one of those people who wasn't getting a lot of milk, so I had to pump forever to just get two ounces of milk. But, you know, I wasn't going to give up or stop.

I am thrilled and honored to have a seat at the table for meaningful conversation with so many accomplished women in the sports world.

Everyone wouldn't just accept that I wanted to be a fighter - because I wasn't someone that they envisioned could or would be a fighter.

Maybe if I completely shaved my head and get the frost out of my moustache, maybe I could get one of those serious acting jobs.

I don't get the action... well, I never did get the big action hero parts. I was always locked into making the kids movies, which were a lot of fun.

When I entered the sport of boxing I wanted to be one of the best and be undefeated. And I was able to attain that, not just one championship title, but four.

If you knew you could change your lifestyle and diet and avoid heart disease and other things, you should do it.

Joy is a gift given not an emotion earned.

If your desire for 'good' is based on greed, it is not good, but greed.

An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience.

When you're average, you're just as close to the bottom as you are the top.

The creative mind doesn't have to have the whole pattern-it can have just a little piece and be able to envision the whole picture in completion.

Defeat is not an option. Period. The End.

There is very little difference between men and women in space.

I used to hate doing color. I hated transparency film. The way I did color was by not wanting to know what kind of film was in my camera.

The people will always attempt to find the positive aspects of all circumstances, which, in themselves, are not susceptible to danger.

Practice is personal; no two people's experiences are alike.