Every climb is different, has its own unique set of movements and body positions. Climbing and my appreciation for nature are totally intertwined.

The best climbers have the will to hold on. They won't give up and keep trying over and over.

One of the things that separates climbing from other sports is how independent and personal it is. With most sports, you either win or lose, but climbing is about your own personal experience.

The rock still has something to teach me.

That's what's so amazing about climbing - it's not just a sport. It's a lifestyle, it's a way of being creative, of connecting with yourself and with nature.

Keep it fun. Don't take it too seriously. At the same time, when you do feel inspired, take it seriously, too.

With climbing you can go to the most beautiful places on the planet and practice. Anywhere there is rock, you can climb.

They kind of go hand-in-hand. Following your motivation, resting when you need to rest, and going for it when you feel inspired.

There's a balance. Time and place for everything.

There are strong people who aren't able to climb. It's about reading the rock, knowing how to position your body and having the tenacity to not let go.

I think I'm a pretty creative person. I love building things. I love working on my house. Landscaping, stuff like that.

Accept no limitations and you'll have no limitations.

Sometimes, we just have to have enough faith to practice patience and not let our impatience morph into doubt.

Ingenuousness is skewed by the cracks in the mirrors of the eye caused by the blunders of the insincere

A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.

I'm a man of few words." "If you read more, you might have a larger vocabulary.

Hospitality sometimes degenerates into profuseness, and ends in madness and folly.

I wandered through the stacks, running my hands along the spines of the books on the shelves, they reminded me of cultured or opinionated guests at a wonderful party, whispering to each other.

I participated on debating teams and in student government, and served as senior class president.

I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection!

The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted.