I am who I am because of the people who I grew up with and where I'm from.

I'm surrounded by nothing but great people. I've been blessed with that, so really, I've got no choice but to be an all-around good person.

The time when there is no one there to feel sorry for you or to cheer for you is when a player is made.

I don't try to change myself to impress anybody. I'm just who I am.

I enjoy jokes, smiling, and making people smile. I may be a little different, but that's OK, who wants to be normal anyway?

I'm still learning. Hopefully I can keep getting better, and not stop where I am now.

I'm not going anywhere. You can print that wherever you want to. I'm here and I'm a Spur for life.

At this point, if I were to psychoanalyze myself, I'd have to say I am a clown, cleverly disguised as a regular person.

They say I have no emotions, but I'm excited even if you can't see it.

We are unselfish and we trust each other

I'm just somebody that isn't that impressed by [Michael Jordan]. There really isn't anybody in the world I'm impressed with.

When the Lord's request comes, will remove all other demands.

I find you in these tears, few, useless and here at last. Don't come back.

Rebecka laughs through her tears. There is almost too much laughter. It bubbles over because she has cried so much she has created an empty space, ready to be filled with another feeling.

Don't ever let anyone tell you that college is for smart people. College eats smart people alive.

The quickest way to change your attitude toward pain is to accept the fact that everything that happens to us has been designed for our spiritual growth.

Given the way his night had been going so far, he didn't have time to go to jail.

The crazy thing about it is she'd take him back, but the fool in him that walked out is the fool who just won't ask.

Its as if you think you'd never find Reason and the Sacred intertwined

Harvard created wonderful conditions for me as a writerbut the writing was done, almost entirely, when I got home.