People have the inner resources to become anything they want to be. Challenge just becomes the vehicle for tapping into those inner resources.

There is a very blurry line between the things we can't do and the things that we can.

I think that it is everyone's obligation they owe to themselves and to their lives to figure out their own way up their own mountain.

You don't just deal with adversity. You use it to propel you forward.

It is exciting to kind of figure things out in yourself and then use other people to help you figure things out so you can really reach your potential.

The key is to really have tremendously high expectations and to teach kids how to be self sufficient and confident and give them the skills that they need to succeed.

People get trapped into thinking about just one way of doing things.

You can't have self confidence without some real skills that enable you to be successful.

I found climbing to be a very tactile sport. There's no ball that is zipping through the air ready to crack you in the head. It is just you and the rock base.

Confidence without skill is just emptiness.

Society imposes low expectations of those who have disabilities”

If you're as good as you're going to be, life's as good as it's going to get.

Everything I did, all my actions, all of the problems I had I dedicate to God and to Chile, because I kept Chile from becoming Communist.

No. Don't you do this to us.

Your world and everything in it is a reflection of your own mental attitude toward yourself.

It is a good idea to become involved with sports and athletics. It makes you strong. You need to be strong to deal with this world and the powers and forces that block enlightenment.

In all your dealings, remember that today is your opportunity; tomorrow some other fellow's.

Some of the craziest people Ive met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people Ive met.

If I get married one day, or meet the girl I like, I’ll prepare 100m to 150m of candles, or maybe red carpet

Americans are funny people: first you shock them, then they put you in a museum.

With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind.