There was never a question in my mind that I wanted to climb that mountain, no matter what other people said.

Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top; it is the willpower that is the most important. This willpower you cannot buy with money or be given by others... it rises from your heart.

I can't understand why men make all this fuss about Everest-it's only a mountain.

Everest for me, and I believe for the world, is the physical and symbolic manifestation of overcoming odds to achieve a dream

Keep making noise, I prayed, laughing. Bang drums. Clamor and ring bells for I cannot stand to hear the tired beating of this almost heart.

Though you can get smart from reading everything that a smart person writes, you cannot get famous from reading about everything that a famous person does or is said to have done.

War is behavior with roots in the single cell of the primeval seas. Eat whatever you touch or it will eat you.

It's a miracle when we finally discover whom we're best equipped to serve.

Film is not an easy occupation. There's a lot of occupations that are difficult and film is one of them.

I like to consider myself an actor who just happens to be Hispanic

This hook nose and crab meister attitude has gotten me every job I've ever had. And more divorces than I care to remember.

If I remember correctly, the most efficient campaign in modern times, in terms of burn rate, had been Obama's 2012 reelect, which I believe the number was they spent 37 cents at every dollar.

What have I done, dear God, to deserve this perpetual feeling that I'm almost ready to begin something really new?

You can focus on things that are barriers or you can focus on scaling the wall or redefining the problem.