I wanna be the best, simple and plain

I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice

These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.

Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.

I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.

I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.

I've known for a long time that they're a bunch of idiots.

The most important thing, the thing that unites all of us, is that we can INSPIRE and CHALLENGE one another TO BE BETTER.

I am captivated by Jesus Christ.

Accuse not Nature she hath done her part Do thou but thine!

Letting go of your painful past is how you open yourself to a wonderful future.

I do celebrity ski races all over the world.

But I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?

I came to New York in 1986. My father didn't think it was a good idea. I didn't know how I found it, but I went to Hunter College. I had no money and I couldn't speak English.

I want to be an independent woman who falls in love, finds a great partner for her lifetime, has kids and kind of does it all. I'd like to have it all.

My only requirement for life is that I don't get stuck in a rut.

Even if the most important person in your world rejects you, you are still real, and you are still okay.

I love the people,' I said. 'I have room in me for love, and for ever so many little lives.