The only one who can beat me is me.

As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.

One of the main techniques I used was focusing on the goal and visualising myself competing in the race before the race started.

You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.

There's a complete difference between training for a specific event and goal and just training.

You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.

(Natural Talent + Opportunity) Hard Work = Success

The basis of self-discipline: Don't allow the edges to blur.

A good mentor offers directions and driving tips from the back seat. You still have to drive the car.

They think because I'm small, they can do what they want to do to me. But I'm not weak. If I lower my shoulder and they lower they're shoulder, they're going to go down.

Don't shoot for something unattainable - completely outside of your nature or opportunity.

MOM = Maker of Miracles

People are not going to love you unless you love them.

I was a typical teen growing up in the 1960s, when everybody was into gurus and meditation.

Grace is not something for which I must look in my heart. It is in the heart of God.

Oh for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might!

I didn't really expect to be coming to the Oscars.

I like to relax. Spend it with people that I've grown up with, or people that I care about, and just relax, sit around doing nothing or sitting on a beach.

We're running out of rich people in this country.

Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom.

Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.