I want to be the best role model I can be for my family.

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.

Reason number 106 why dogs are smarter than humans: once you leave the litter, you sever contact with your mothers.

Accept the place the divine providence has found for you the society of your contemporaries the connection of events.

Commitment is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it gets.

I love Italy so much, I want to change it in order to make sure it can be all that it can.

You are exposing yourself all the time as an actor. There's the risk of being thought of as bad or boring or unattractive.

I guess I'm still sort of feisty and a little bit of a tomboy.

The sea ebbs and flows, but the rock remains unmoved.

We must lengthen our stride and must do it now because we over ate and feel fat.

I think 'selfies' are fun and expressive, as long as you don't get carried away with it.

. . . nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in his death To throw away the dearest thing he owed, As 'twere a careless trifle.