I knew I was not a failure in any way, and so did those close to me. It doesn't matter if you fall short; it is never a failure to go after your goals with everything you've got.

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work... THERE ARE NO LIMITS.

The more you dream the more you achieve.

You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

Swimming is more than a once-every-four-years sport. My goal is to bring attention to swimming - to give it some personality.

If you want to be the best you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.

I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to rap music to get myself fired up

Perseverance, determination, commitment, and courage-those things are real. The desire for redemption drives you.

The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.

I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.

Dream as big as you can dream, and anything is possible.

After the leaves have fallen, we returnTo a plain sense of things. It is as ifWe had come to an end of the imagination, Inanimate in an inert savoir.

I don´t care what name you called me before, give me a new name. My old name is not important but my new name is very important. Did they call you Barren? your new name is pregnant.

Life is something whose definition vary person to person.

Just imagine what you are losing just because you are not reading!

The easy way out is often just that-the 'easy' way out of the most rewarding lifestyle.

If you are bored with Berkeley and San Francisco, you are bored with life.

...he had long decided that abundant laughter should be the embellishment of the remainder of his days.

I can remember the first face-lift show that came on. I rang up everyone - are you watching? I'm watching.

Though tightly the net of words forms, how surely truth slips out.

Courtesy towards opponents and eagerness to understand their view-point is the ABC of non-violence.