To me, every person who smoked was voluntarily killing themselves, and doing it quite openly.

It's when the discomfort strikes that they realize a strong mind is the most powerful weapon of all.

There is a special mystique about the marathon, for example, because of its length-but that's just the bit you do at the end of an Ironman

Hard work and an open mind - it's the only way to realize the potential that is inside every one of us.

Some sessions are stars and some sessions are stones, but in the end they are all rocks and we build upon them.

We all have talents that, sometimes, we never quite fulfill. We're all scared, deep down, but maybe we just need to lay it on the line and explore our abilities and just not be afraid of failing.

If we let our head drop, our heart drops with it. Keep your head up, and your body is capable of amazing feats.

It's not records I chase, it's self-improvement. And that cannot be done by taking it easy.

No one should ever be afraid of failing; it's being afraid to give it your all in trying that I urge against.

Just seize every opportunity you have, embrace every experience. Make a mark, for all the right reasons.

Never, ever give up. And smile

If you work hard enough at something that doesn’t matter, you can forget for a while about the things that do.

Where God gives opportunity for preaching it is more than likely that he has some people to convert. Usually the Word of God takes root among some, though often in but a few.

What if...the doctors couldn't find anything wrong? What if I was over-exaggerating the pain, weakness, and weird sensations?

The only constant in this reality is change...

There is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as much right to opinion as Fermi.

You don't need to be a great singer to sing, but you have to practice singing to be a great singer.

My mother was a music teacher and my grandfather was a professor of music, and there was a lot of singing in the family. It wasn't like trained singing or anything like that, but it was singing.

Any degree of unemployment worries me.

I realized that public affairs were also my affairs.

McLaren started as the dream of one man, and it's since grown to encompass the hopes and dreams of more than 2000 men and women.