None of us is promised tomorrow... So whenever an opportunity has presented itself for me I'm willing to take it.

There are no other factors that cause me stress when I get inside the Octagon. I guess that's an advantage of getting older.

They told me it was impossible so I tried and failed. Then I tried again and again until I made it possible.

The truth exists at the junction between good and bad.

... (lady i willtouch you with my mind.) Touchyou, that is all/lightly and you utterly will becomewith infinite care/ the poem which i do not write.

I think you don't break new ground in anything in life if you are willing to just follow the rules.

It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad.

When your mother gives you confidence about anything that you do, you carry that confidence with you.She made me believe that I could make someone laugh.

I'm an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard.

The swimming community is really small, but why can't it be as big as the NBA or the NFL?

Every second you spend wishing God would take away a struggle is a forfeited opportunity to overcome.