...as far as self-discipline goes, it's still ultimately up to me how well I can push myself. Only I can do that. I just have to keep on going, keep on working, keep on improving.

No matter how far life pushes you down, no matter how much you hurt, you can always bounce back.

Be positive and work hard. I think it's possible to overcome anything, if you're willing to work at it.

If you do not believe yourself no one else will.

I've always been a firm believer in mind over matter. If you don't believe you can achieve, your body will start to believe this and you'll be stuck.

I always believe someone somewhere is working harder than me and that motivates me to work harder, give 100%.

It didn't matter how good I was. It was always, 'You're a girl. You can't play with the guys.' It's always been motivation for me.

Players don't really ask for much or want much. But the things that they do need are important.

As a result of Title IX, and a new generation of parents who want their daughters to have the opportunities they never had, women's sports have arrived.

Women play just as hard as guys do. We're just as competitive.

You have to be positive, and I'm not just talking about athletics, this also applies to life.

Determined soul, willing spirit.

Champions are made and not born. Champion’s feat are acquired and not inherited, earned and not transferred, attained and not deposited

Ninety-eight per cent of laughter is nothing to do with jokes, which do not deserve to bear the weight of all the funny stuff in the world.

I'm not going to get into the ring with Tolstoy.

There's no such thing as an "absolute guarantee" in this world.

Read heavily in the area where you want to write. Be aware of what's selling and what's doing well but don't try to write to market trends; they are fleeting.

All have disappointments, all have times when it isn't worthwhile.

When the size of the group supporting your cause reaches a critical mass, any legislator or elected official has to pay attention.

You might have some people that disagree with populism and anti-globalism and so forth, but Donald Trump has no desire to undermine America.

Fed on the dry husks of facts, the human heart has a hidden want which science cannot supply.