“I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.”

“Winning is great but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.”

“My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.”

“Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.”

“When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.”

“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”

“Lost Time is never found again.”

“How you spend your time is more important than how you spend your money. Money mistakes can be corrected, but time is gone forever.”

“Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.”

“I feel like every project I work on is a dream project, so long as I am learning.”

“Love, too, has to be learned.”

“Every pain is a lesson.”