I realized now that militancy in the best sense of the word was the only answer where the black man was concerned, that any black man who wasn't a militant in 1970 was either blind or a coward.

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it.

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at.

Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either.

The only victory that counts is the one over yourself.

Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

One chance is all you need.

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

Running is real. It’s all joy and woe, hard as diamond. It makes you weary beyond comprehension, but it also makes you free.

Hitler didn't snub me - it was our president who snubbed me. The president didn't even send me a telegram.

Rose, we are here today. Tomorrow we don’t know where life will take us to. So, as long as we have today in our hands, let’s not slip it from our hands. Let’s live it!

I'm just a wimpy baby. We almost called the band Forever Teens because I feel like we're all kind of permanently youthful.

To feel grateful is one of the most important experiences we need as humans. When we feel it, there is an acceptance of everything in our life.

Words are but empty thanks.

I'm 5-foot-5, and I'll wear a big parka and put the hood up, and nobody gives me a second glance.

I have decided many a stylistic problem first by my head, then by heads or tails.

How wonderful are the women and men in the world who feed us. Especially those who feed us with no salary. The mothers—I thought. The wives.

Jesus was a Capricorn, he ate organic foods, he believed in love and peace, and never wore no shoes.

I propose that the phenomenon of love is the psychological pivot in the persecution of women.

Surviving is the strongest memory I have; the sense of having walked on water.