During times of persistent hardship is when the warrior learns the most about his fortitude.

Act with the heart of the warrior.

Conduct yourself in a manner that is worthy of respect and don't worry about what others think.

What is right is the ultimate law and trumps the law of the land.

Face your fears and you will be able to conquer them.

You can't improve anything if you don't first know what needs to be improved.

For things to be right on the outside, they first have to be right on the inside.

Making a decision to live a life of excellence, and living a life of excellence are two difference things.

Excellence is a way of life.

A true friend is someone you can count on no matter what.

Your loyalty to friends and family should have no limit, although it may be expressed in ways that others cannot understand.

One may deal with things without love...but you cannot deal with men without it...It cannot be otherwise, because natural love is the fundamental law of human life.

The only objective truth that photographs offer is the assertion that somebody or something... was somewhere and took a picture.

I bend, but I do not break.

To model yourself after Steve Jobs is like, 'I'd like to paint like Picasso, what should I do? Should I use more red?'

Trust me on this: no one is better off alone.

Depression is an illness that robs one of the meaning of life. Heal the illness. As the depression heals, enthusiasm, well-being, and a sense of life's purpose will return.

Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.

Me pray? Never! I'm an atheist.

Don't feel bad, Angela," Kami said. "You know guys, they only want one thing. Repartee. I can't count how many times men have admired my well-turned phrases.

Twenty years from now, I can look at this medal and say, 'I was the best quarter-miler in the world on that day.' If you don't think that's important, you don't know what's inside an athlete's soul.