Growing up, Michael Jordan was my Olympic hero.

I don't want to be better than you or her or him - I want to be better than I am right now

A true competitor works the hardest, cares the most, and makes the best of what they have.

Passion is a huge prerequisite to winning. It makes you willing to jump through hoops, go through all the ups and downs and everything in between to reach your goal.

That wall is your mind playing tricks on you. You just need to say, 'One more step, I can do this. I have more in me.' You'll be so proud of yourself once you push yourself past your threshold.

Adversity, if you allow it to, will fortify you and make you the best you can be.

You touch every other ball and, if you screw up, you only have one more person to back you up. You can't go hide in the corner.

To me, crying is not a sign of weakness. She wants it that bad and she puts her whole heart into it. She had really high expectations, and that's why she's so good. She just had a bad game.

We have to fight the entire time, we can't start at the end when it's getting down to crunch time. We can't leave anything on the floor.

If you are not prepared, you cannot work out intensely. If you do not perform, you cannot get results, and if you can't do your best to recover, you won't get the benefits of your hard work.

I firmly believe that when you have a foundation of respect, love of what you're doing, and a shared vision, so much is possible.

Is that me?, ' Leo said. 'Like me--having this dream--looking at me having a dream?

I can’t control the waves of the ocean, but I can learn how to navigate my ship.

Two things are infinite

My head is buried in the sands of tomorrow while my tail feathers are singed by the hot sun of today.

My sister is a mess. I love her to death, but she is a mess.

Genius is clairvoyant.

Everything had come into sharp focus : his smooth words, his black, glinting eyes, his broad experience with lies, seduction, women. I'd fallen in love with the devil.

The Clinton camp has been able to project that kind of neo-McCarthy hysteria: that Russia is responsible for everything.

A cheerful, easy, open countenance will make fools think you a good-natured man, and make designing men think you an undesigning one.

Can you understand? Someone, somewhere, can you understand me a little, love me a little?