Pain is that last quarter of a mile. You feel it, but when you’re through racing, your whole body just feels elated. So the pain is worth it.

To persevere, I think, is important for everybody. Don't give up, don't give in. There's always an answer to everything.

I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.

However dark the night, however dim our hopes, the light will always follow darkness.

If I can take it, I can make it.

Yet a part of you still believes you can fight and survive no matter what your mind knows. It's not so strange. Where there's still life, there's still hope. What happens is up to God.

The one who forgives never brings up the past to that person's face. When you forgive, it's like it never happened. True forgiveness is complete and total.

That's one thing you learn in sports. You don't give up; you fight to the finish.

You have to reach deep within yourself to see if you are willing to make the sacrifices.

To live, a man needs food, water, and a sharp mind.

Never give up, no matter what.

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.

A friendship formed in childhood, in youth,--by happy accident at any stage of rising manhood,--becomes the genius that rules the rest of life.

Novels may teach us as wholesome a moral as the pulpit. There are "sermons in stones," in healthy books, and "good in everything.

The reason there are so many tree-lined boulevards in Paris is so the German army can march in the shade.

I actually enjoyed changing diapers and I enjoyed swaddling. I don't mind being swaddled either, on occasion.

I like to look glamorous sometimes, but its not the be all and end all. I can muck in as well.

I'm a talker. I love a good debate.

You don't want to depend on an editor. If you want to regret something for the rest of your life, you want to make sure you're responsible for it.

My first official music video for "Who Am I." It's getting crazy traffic and a lot of hype. I got sponsored by a company called MATIX because of it.

When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you're pledging your integrity.