Women made up 44% of Olympic competitors at London 2012 - the greatest show of gender equality in Olympic history. By comparison, in the 1908 Games men outnumbered women 53 to 1.

A great champion deals with setback with a comeback.

Failure isn't failing at the project at hand. Failure is giving up on yourself.

The values learned on the playing field-how to set goals, endure, take criticism and risks, become team players, use our beliefs, stay healthy and deal with stress-prepare us for life.

We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.

Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty.

[from a reader] I hope she learns to look for the joy in life instead of picking out negatives - it will change her life for the better.

When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.

Donald Trump is sitting on the control deck of the starship Enterprise, and he can push a lot of pretty buttons, but those buttons aren't connected to anything. And so nothing is happening.

Whether you say, 'I can' or 'I can't,' you're right either way.

I love being onstage and I love to perform. To be honest with you, I'm more comfortable performing than I am in an everyday situation, which I can't quite explain.

To reconcile conflicting parties, we must have the ability to understand the suffering of both sides.

Read the book you do honestly feel a wish and curiosity to read.

Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease.