Trying to connect to the moment, that move, that breath - this is what I have been striving for; finding the oneness that can exist with all the things around and inside me.

There are two worlds: the world where nothing is sacred except money, an the other world, where everything is sacred.

John Wayne never wore Lycra.

When I stripped myself completely of pressure and thoughts of sponsors and realized I only love to climb, that's the day I did it.

Climbing is individual thing, it's a reflection of yourself. When you put up a route you're looking at yourself. If you chisel holds, it's your responsibility, nobody else's.

Bouldering is the synthesis of all skills needed for climbing

Magic is the only way to describe it, climbing pitch after pitch of the most perfect, beautifully sculpted granite in the world.

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Nothing should be so greatly feared as empty fame.

The demand for justice always exceeds the supply.

Feelings of regret represent our aversion to reality.

We do know that we are cheated from birth to the overcharge on our coffins.

In order to be happy we must first possess inner contentment; and inner contentment doesn't come from having all we want; but rather from wanting and appreciating being grateful for all we have.

I think teenagers bring a lot of intellectual sophistication. They're wrestling with big questions. It's just that, a lot of times they do that separately from adults.

I thought it was respectful to each country to sing in their language.

It is worth while dying, to find out what life is.

Beware Of entrance to a quarrel.