Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.

'I can't' are two words that have never been in my vocabulary. I believe in me more than anything in this world.

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.

When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.

My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.

I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.

No matter what great things you accomplish, somebody helps you.

The potential for greatness lives within us all.

Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

The world is yours the moment you follow your own dreams.

If your brains were dynamite there wouldn't be enough to blow your hat off.

Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

The food world is more crowded these days, but I think that there are more opportunities.

The pain was considerable, but trivial compared with my mental state.

There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife.

Man is like an onion. His potential is exposed one layer at a time until all he is, is known by all.

There were about ten years of trying, failing, trying again, suffering rejection, etc. My first published book, 'Story of a Girl', was the fourth book I wrote.

Nothing could be easier than disturbing a status quo instituted by others; the real work of the sinister current is to break the rules we rigidly establish for ourselves.