I said I was the greatest, not the smartest.

If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.

You could be the world's best garbage man, the world's best model; it don't matter what you do if you're the best.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

Rest but never quit. Even the sun has a sinking spell each evening. But it always rises the next morning. At sunrise, every soul is born again.

Religion should not be allowed to come into Politics....Religion is merely a matter between man and God.

I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right.

Don't count the days, make the days count.

There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.

Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step.

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

I believe if I stay tall and run up high, I can see better.

Ambition and suspicion always go together.

We've always been a bit out of touch with reality.

Misery loves company, particularly when she is herself the hostess, and can give generously of her stores to others.

I like to tell students, 'I didn't burst on to the literary scene.' I'm never good at things at the beginning. I was terrible at the start. I need to work and work.

The Californians are an idle, thriftless people, and can make nothing for themselves. The country abounds in grapes, yet they buy, at a great price, bad wine made in Boston.

I always keep my mind open. For me, a mind has to work like like a parachute, works only if it's open.

I keep in touch with what's real.

There's a good old boys' network out there that's hard to penetrate and it's not always in the best interest of the party or for conservative principles.

When the devil is called the god of this world, it is not because he made it, but because we serve him with our worldliness.