“Darkness doesn't have fingers that twist into my flesh.”

“His chair glides a few inches closer and he's in my face, all shoulders and cologne.”

“A small metal marble pinballs within my chest, banging and clanging against all the routes inside me.”

“Lying on my bed, my brain cyclones with thoughts of men and boys and boys and men. All making the wrong choices.”

“I am focused on the work. I am constantly creating. I am a busy girl. I live and breathe my work. I love what I do. I believe in the message. There's no stopping. I didn't create the fame, the fame...”

“Name one hero who was happy."I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason's children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the...”

“Do not yearn to be popular; be exquisite. Do not desire to be famous; be loved. Do not take pride in being expected; be palpable, unmistakable.”

“Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if were indifferent to whether we win or lose?”

“Be the music of your soul. Don't be a pawn in someone else's game.”

“His Presbyterian minster father had believed in a divine design, and Mozasu believed that life was like this game where the player could adjust the dials yet also expect the uncertainty of factors ...”

“That's the biggest gap in sports, the difference between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl.”

“No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.”

“My first winner was on Legal Steps, in Ireland, at Thurles, in March 1992. I rode for Jim Bolger, and his stable jockey was Christy Roche.”