The stronger women get, the more men love football.

The act of sport remains a human act, unrelated to gender.

Competition is about passion for perfection, and passion for other people who join in this impossible quest.

Humility is what we want other people to have.

I discovered that forgiveness is a path to freedom.

Sport has been called the last bastion of male domination. Unfortunately, there are others - Congress, for instance.

Bodybuilding is about making oneself seem larger than life. It's about creating the illusion of perfection.

For every man with a baseball story - a memory of a moment at the plate or in the field - there is a woman with a couldn't-play-baseball story.

Competition can damage self-esteem, create anxiety, and lead to cheating and hurt feelings. But so can romantic love.

In my opinion, a problem derails your life and an inconvenience is not being able to get a nice seat on the un-derailed train.

[During the Renaissance] the Italians said, "We are one in the Father: we will go back." The Northern races said, "We are one in Christ, we will go on.

That's one of the magical things about the Olympics, Team GB will have someone challenging in a sport that we've never watched and all of a sudden it'll be the biggest thing ever.

It is hopeless to try to convert some borders into seams.

I'm trying to broaden my range and get different characters in each film.

I'm not trying to get five medals. I'm not trying to be Michael Phelps.

My life is an indivisible whole, and all my attitudes run into one another; and they all have their rise in my insatiable love for mankind.

The fact is, the secret of happiness is the sense of proportion.

The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]

My songwriting and overall approach to music go beyond just good singing and strong musicality - I want people, now more so than ever, to feel something and be moved somehow by the content I create.