Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job.
For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
You are never too old to become younger!
A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.
A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight.
There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you?
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.
The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.
I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.
Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!
Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.
Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.