Self-esteem can’t win you a race if you’re not in shape.

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.

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.

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.

Adversity tests the strength of endurance.

Faith in oneself ... is the best and safest course.

Where I lived, it was a cold mining place, a village called Dunston. The only time you saw a Rolls-Royce was when somebody died.

stories are the one sure way I know to touch the heart and change the world.

I guess, you make a big studio film, you spend a lot of money on it and you hope people go see it. It's really risky.

I'm not much of a conformist.

Unless a decision has degenerated into work, it is not a decision; it is at best a good intention.

I would not like a king who could obey.

Love is God's essence; Power but his attribute: therefore is his love greater than his power.

I always took a great deal of pride in being original.