I think the hard part is over. Now it's time for us to play.

I don't want to be better than you or her or him - I want to be better than I am right now

A true competitor works the hardest, cares the most, and makes the best of what they have.

Passion is a huge prerequisite to winning. It makes you willing to jump through hoops, go through all the ups and downs and everything in between to reach your goal.

That wall is your mind playing tricks on you. You just need to say, 'One more step, I can do this. I have more in me.' You'll be so proud of yourself once you push yourself past your threshold.

Adversity, if you allow it to, will fortify you and make you the best you can be.

You touch every other ball and, if you screw up, you only have one more person to back you up. You can't go hide in the corner.

To me, crying is not a sign of weakness. She wants it that bad and she puts her whole heart into it. She had really high expectations, and that's why she's so good. She just had a bad game.

We have to fight the entire time, we can't start at the end when it's getting down to crunch time. We can't leave anything on the floor.

If you are not prepared, you cannot work out intensely. If you do not perform, you cannot get results, and if you can't do your best to recover, you won't get the benefits of your hard work.

I firmly believe that when you have a foundation of respect, love of what you're doing, and a shared vision, so much is possible.

The fear of silence is a fear everyone should overcome.

Mystery hovers over all things here below.

I always felt my emancipation into truly being a grown-up was when I had to figure out how to fold up a king-size fitted bottom sheet on my own.

You treat a lady like a dame, and a dame like a lady.

You don't endorse error, you allow it.

After about 25 fights you don't always have to keep going to the bathroom before the fight.

I don't remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good mother. But she had to do the laundry and clean the house and do the grocery shopping.

I always try and find new things to think about and address. That really opens you up as a writer. I can write a lot of what I feel and it helps put it into clearer perspective.

You can call me what you like, but I will be taking your cake. -L (from Death Note)

And so I fell devoutly asleep and slept a long time, because young people seem to need sleep more than the old, who have already slept so much and are preparing to sleep for all eternity.