The ultimate is not to win, but to reach within the depths of your capabilities and to compete against yourself.

Your life is a gift from the Creator. Your gift back to the Creator is what you do with your life.

God has given me the ability. The rest is up to me. Believe. Believe. Believe.

I was constantly told and challenged to live my life as a warrior. As a warrior, you assume responsibility for yourself. The warrior humbles himself. And the warrior learns the power of giving.

Coming off the last turn, my thoughts changed from 'One more try...one more try...one more try...' to 'I can win! I can win! I can win!

Every passion has its destiny.

You can get defeated, just as long as you don't fail.

choose your words well(be honest, be true)butabove all else, be kind

When someone is suffering, there is a deep, visceral reaction in the core of our being, a flood of empathy and a frightfully desperate compulsion to give aid.

Set a clear focus in your life, and fear will be crowded out. The more you fix your eyes on God’s purpose for you, the more you will overcome your fear.

New things are always better than old things.

The only thing I would change is during the summer - when I was working my summer job, if I was smart, I would have taken flying lessons at Auburn.

I just figured, "If I can do theater, agents will find their way."

I opened the doors and windows of America, and let the air and sunshine in.

The earth is, like our own skin, fated to carry the scars of ancient wounds.

I write very, very slowly, and for me, I have to summon all sorts of resources to make one of these pieces work.

When everything seems to go wrong, with peace of heart, you can press on. With peace of heart, you can press on, whatever life brings.