There were so many fellows ranked over me I couldn't just whoop them all. I had to out-shadow them by talking.

If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.

You could be the world's best garbage man, the world's best model; it don't matter what you do if you're the best.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

Rest but never quit. Even the sun has a sinking spell each evening. But it always rises the next morning. At sunrise, every soul is born again.

Religion should not be allowed to come into Politics....Religion is merely a matter between man and God.

I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right.

Don't count the days, make the days count.

There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.

Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step.

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

The worldly life remains [and is not ending and one is not going to moksha] due to the pollution of the mind [bad mind/bad thoughts] and not due to the pollution of the body.

Every person deserves a chance to show what they can best offer world.

The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.

What you give today you get tomorrow.

Love is always a surprise and you never get it right.

The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.

If one hesitates in his path, let him not proceed. Let him respect his doubts, for doubts, too, may have some divinity in them.

When a bride insists on telling her lover everything, I suspect she is looking for a father, not a husband.

It seems to me at this moment that laughing is a serious thing, that it connects us with truth and love and God.

And there are rules for crime fiction. Or if not rules, at least expectations and you have to give the audience what it wants.