It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.

You could be the world's best garbage man, the world's best model; it don't matter what you do if you're the best.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

Rest but never quit. Even the sun has a sinking spell each evening. But it always rises the next morning. At sunrise, every soul is born again.

Religion should not be allowed to come into Politics....Religion is merely a matter between man and God.

I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right.

Don't count the days, make the days count.

There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.

Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step.

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

Have a ray of sunshine and light with you everywhere you may go.

Virtue comes by nature, learning, and practice, and thanks to virtue, all of the aforesaid may deserve approval.

People don't know this, but I helped the Cardinals win the pennant. I came down with hepatitis. The trainer injected me with it!

You picked the right road, even though it is the most difficult. That is the essence of heroism. (p. 326)

Every fear hides a wish.

I think this conflict [against terrorism] is going to require a suspension of freedom and rights unlike anything we have ever seen, at least since World War II.

Discontent is the catalyst for change.

When you're right, nobody remembers. When you're wrong, nobody forgets.

A lot of what acting is paying attention.

One of the great criticisms of poets of the past is that they said one thing and did another.