Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.

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.

As soon as a religion comes to dominate it has as its opponents all those who would have been its first disciples.

Your passion is your connection to God.

I always thought it's way more important to be funny or to be honest than to look any certain way

Twilight and evening bell, and after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell when I embark.

You're your own best friend. If you love yourself and believe in yourself then it doesn't really matter what other people think and then you're kind of invincible.

I never imagined anybody would ever come out to hear me preach. I'm just a country dairy farmer from North Carolina.

For me, my thoughts are my prostitutes.

Happy people attract other happy people. Show the world your smile, and the world will smile back.

Everything gets old if you do it often enough.

When I feel connected, mind-body and spirit, I feel centered.