I don't compete with other discus throwers. I compete with my own history.

Competition in its best form is a test of self. It has nothing to do with medals. The winner is the person who gets the most out of themselves.

To exercise at or near capacity is the best way I know of reaching a true introspective state. If you do it right, it can open all kinds of inner doors.

I don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at one another.

As long as I can concentrate and remain somewhat calm, I can normally do very well.

There's no substitute for work. There are no shortcuts. There are no secrets.

We never solve the big questions

Men (who cheat) do not cheat because they are dogs. They are (regarded as) dogs because they cheat.

I know what it's like to have a power no other cat understands. It's the loneliest feeling in the world.

If you have the understanding to first notice the signs, continue with the courage to follow them.

what you do every day is what forms your mind and precious few of us can or would spend most days outdoors.

...you look like you fell out of a crazy tree and hit every branch on the way down.

Capitalism, though it may not always give the scientific worker a living wage, will always protect him, as being one of the geese which produce golden eggs for its table.

I loved everything. I read everything. Art and poetry and literature and trash and sci fi. I didn't know what I would become yet and I needed to read to figure it out.

Anybody who told you to be yourself simply couldn't have given you worse advice.

Human nature is not of itself vicious.