Sport has long occupied a special place in the hearts of Australians, and today the nation welcomes a new champion to the pantheon. Cadel Evans, cyclist extraordinaire.

Assuredly, the size of (Cadel) Evans' heart will come to be compared to Phar Lap.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.”-Walt Disney

Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough.

Beauty isn't about looking perfect. It's about celebrating your individuality.

What makes it all worthwhile is we just play for the sheer enjoyment of entertaining people and... make our families and the team we played on and the people watching, proud of what we did.

Out of every difficulty Omnipotence can bring us, only let us in childlike confidence cast our burden upon the Lord.

I am drinking the stars

Sometimes I think it'd be fun to do a completely different job for a while. You've got one life and you do the same job for the whole of it, and you think - was that a good use of a life?

A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.

Sometimes the facts in my head get bored and decide to take a walk in my mouth. Frequently this is a bad thing.

If Barbara Walters was interviewing me, I'd figure her career was as dead as mine!