I've climbed with some of the best climbers in the world, more importantly, to me, they are some of the best people in the world. That's another reason why I climb.

For hearts gone by in times past, unassuming, with not even a glance. In another lifetime, perhaps

Never sacrifice your children for the bigger house, fancier car or the 'better life'. The price you pay is hefty and non-refundable in the end.

The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.

Enjoy what you have, cherish the good times and savour everything life presents you. We can’t change the past…However, the future is a blank canvas, waiting for the paint, go create a masterpiece.

Sometimes the only thing that got you through hell was that you were in too deep to pull out.-Ehlena's thoughts

It is a hard matter my fellow citizens to argue with the belly since it has no ears.

I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.

During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.

We can't control it, and we've basically quit trying. People are going to talk, and people are going to lie.

As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make friends with the quietness of our sensations.