But for each of us, isn't life about determining your own finish line?

I am overwhelmed by the strength of my body and the power of my mind. For one moment, just one second, I feel immortal.

This journey has always been about reaching your own other shore no matter what it is, and that dream continues.

You're never too old to chase your dream.

If you want to touch the other shore badly enough, barring an impossible situation, you will. If your desire is diluted for any reason, you'll never make it.

I wanted to teach myself some life lessons at the age of 60 and one of them was that you don't give up.

A lot of athletes have this sort of invincibility: [The jellyfish] should worry about me. I don't worry about them. I'll just swim right through them.

I am willing to put myself through anything; temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level.

Swimming is probably the ultimate of burnout sports.

The spirit is larger than the body. The body is pathetic compared to what we have inside us

My mom just died. We blink and another decade passes. I don't want to reach the end of my life and regret not having given my days everything in me to make them worthwhile.

Life is filled with obstacles that confuse the mind. But once you understand it's pattern then you will see why it was there for you in the first place.

In the beginning was the word, and that word was probably misconstrued by someone who then made it into a personal issue and started a fight causing people to be miserable

I'm very tall, so I like a guy who's bigger than me - it makes me feel feminine and safe. I don't like to be hovering over a guy or feel like a linebacker.

Nothing from man's hands, nor law, nor constitution, can be final. Truth alone is final.

Its always nice to have a stud muffin at the table.

To sit in a big library amongst books and students, that was pretty cool. It was a novel experience for me.

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.

To struggle and battle and overcome and absolutely defeat every force designed against us is the only way to achieve.

Maybe she was drunk - the woman never could drink. One little sniff of tequila and she was off into some blonde la-la land.

An intriguing paradox of the 1990s is that it isn't called a decade of greed.