Night is brushed aside like so much cobweb. The day is wound up and begins even before the last haunted dreams, the last of the fog, those spectral and evanescent residues, have faded away.

A world emerging, daily, out of nothing, a world that we trust to resemble what we've seen previously. We should know better.

In order to remember who you are, you have to have known it in the first place.

I have been unable to live an uncommitted or suspended life. I have not hesitated to declare my affiliation with an extremely unpopular cause.

I would love for the world to be happier.

Above all, I strive to be the best I can - to be better than I was yesterday and better tomorrow.

As we ascend the social ladder, viciousness wears a thicker mask.

I don't know how one should live - but I know that one should live.

Your children are not little mirrors reflecting back the good or bad job you've done.

People - and I include myself - get fat because they choose pleasure over self-denial.

He who controls the past controls the future.

I want to thank America. You opened your heart so I could enter. Thank you everybody who lives in the United States, who saw me grow into becoming a world champion.

It's a time to stop, honor and reflect on the abundance, prosperity, people and lives we are blessed with.