Misty May was looking for a partner, I was looking to stay at home, and the beach just came calling.

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.

Reading for enjoyment won't die altogether, but this Ereader device has the potential to repel those less imaginative from fiction. And that could have an undesirable domino effect.

Just like any business is a living, breathing thing, an entrepreneur has to be able to adapt over time.

The gain is not the having of children it is the discovery of love and how to be loving.

The ancients dreaded death: the Christian can only fear dying.

I don't need any drug to show me Heaven And I sure know how to spend plenty of time cleaning Hell But I'm missin' that feeling of falling.

You dont know someone until you know what they want.

We all struggle. I'm not saying any successful woman's life is without struggle. But it doesn't mean it has to be miserable.

Why does it raise eyebrows when a woman uses cuss words?

For many people, politics in Brussels and Strasbourg might as well be happening on another planet.

If thou dost love, proclaim it faithfully.