Anything is possible as long as you want it, you work for it. Doesn't matter what anyone else thinks, the only person that can really put pressure on you is yourself

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work... THERE ARE NO LIMITS.

The more you dream the more you achieve.

You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

Swimming is more than a once-every-four-years sport. My goal is to bring attention to swimming - to give it some personality.

If you want to be the best you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.

I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to rap music to get myself fired up

Perseverance, determination, commitment, and courage-those things are real. The desire for redemption drives you.

The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.

I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.

Dream as big as you can dream, and anything is possible.

Soap, toothpaste and detergent are all "new and improved". Are you?

All religions are beautiful in the story, as you say. It's when they're put into practice that they grow ugly.

I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that's what I'm doing.

I'm not a wanderer, which is funny because I'm on tour half the time. I'm a home, hearth and family kind of person.

I'm 37 years old and don't have a steady paycheck.

Oppressors in front of the Lord, truth be told shall inherit oppression, while others receive gold.

Half a million women die each year around the world in pregnancy. It's not biology that kills them so much as neglect.

I've waited my entire life to be busy. Whenever I hear actors complain about being busy, I think, 'shut up.' Because you do, you wait to be successful or to be able to work.

What though care killed a cat, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care.

Books lined the shelves of bookstores like kids standing in a row to play baseball or soccer, and mine was the gangly, unathletic kid that no one wanted on their team.