One of the key elements is the ability to be honest with yourself.

The greatest feeling of accomplishment for me is the fact that I was an athlete who was somewhat disabled.

Nutrition is also a valuable component that can help athletes both protect themselves and improve performance.

Realize that from the start, every activity that comprises the journey has value and the ability to teach you something.

I have read many studies out of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and they demonstrated that Vitamin E, Co-Q-10, and Fish Oil could protect the immune system of athletes and prevent disease.

The East Germans first used biomechanics. This meant that rather than guessing about technique and form, they could apply changes to athletic performance based on science.

During the 60's, drug use was in fashion in the U.S.

As I mentioned previously, the tools that allow for optimum health are diet and exercise.

Olympians are the product of the Movement, and to get them to the stadiums, pools and playing fields, it takes the actions of legions of people who might not be Olympians.

The Olympic Games of the Modern Era began in 1896 in the city of Athens.

Athens will again be the host of the Games in 2004, but there are rumors that they might be switched if the Greeks don't begin to construct the sites faster.

Live with an open mind and an open heart. Always choose love over fear and kindness over cruelty.

Pleasure without joy is as hollow as passion without tenderness.

I realized that my identity as a novelist was private. Only I knew how much of a novelist I was!

There is a wheel on the affairs of men revolve and its mechanism is such that it prevents any man from being always fortunate.

The English are good at bad guys - the James Bond-style villain, cunning, slow-burning. The Americans are much more obvious about it.

Only when you have completed a novel, or a story, can you return to the beginning and revise or rewrite.

It took me a long time to realize that distance can ruin even the best of intentions.

Being a geek means you never have to play it cool about how much you like something.

When the person beside you is making you alert and keen and the idea of being with anyone else is not imaginable.

Last night I woke up with someone squeezing my hand. It was my other hand.