I was reminded of another very special word when I was driving into Ann Arbor this morning, and that word is homecoming. Our family's had three homecomings to Ann Arbor, Michigan, in my lifetime.

Attack each day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind.

Realistic expectations for life are that we are going to be better today than we were yesterday, be better tomorrow than we were today. That's a plan for success. So [the key is] simple: just work.

I don't take vacations. I don't get sick. I don't observe major holidays. I'm a jack hammer.

I love being part of something that is working toward a greater goal, and there's no more satisfaction in life than achieving those goals as a team and being a part of that team.

I have always believed that you win as part of a team effort. I've learned that if everybody does a little bit, it adds up to a lot.

It's more than personal. I can't screw it up. I have to do.

Winning as a team is better than anything. It's great to share success.

There are no turnarounds at Michigan. This is greatness. Long tradition of it.

I was and still am happier than a pig in slop.

I am now in control of all things.

When asked how long I've worked here I replied "since the day they threatened to fire me."

As a woman to be competitive is to be passive.

Female athletes are stereotyped by the general population--and usually as homosexuals.

As for the heart It needs a beginning The narrative Burden of events

I don't think that village idea of actually knowing what you're contributing to the whole exists anymore.

The United Nations is an uplifting experiment, dedicated to raising the standards of living in Africa , the consciences of democracies, and the price of prostitutes in New York

One couldn't carry on life comfortably without a little blindness to the fact that everything has been said better than we can put it ourselves.

There's something funny about being on a big stage and not making a big effort to fill it up.

Ethics is not about the way things are, it is about the way things ought to be.

Now as jazz musicians we're saying for this society, you can free up your imagination. You can proceed in an area without much information and you can function in an area without much information.