Slowly I came to know that the depth of our heartbreaks determines the depth of our faith. God gives us everything to conquer the big and the little hurts of life.

To me, the sea is like a person - like a child that I've known a long time. It sounds crazy, I know, but when I swim in the sea I talk to it. I never feel alone when I'm out there.

When somebody tells me I cannot do something, that's when I do it.

People said women couldn't swim the Channel, but I proved they could.

I have no complaints. I am comfortable and satisfied. I am not the kind of person who reaches for the moon as long as I have the stars.

I just knew if it could be done, it had to be done, and I did it

When we're in the water, we're not in this world.

To me, the sea is like a person - like a child that I've known a long time. It sounds crazy, I know, but when I swim in the sea, I talk to it. I never feel alone when I'm out there.

Not only the artist watches his art with admiration but his art also watches his artist with admiration!

Sometimes you just have to regret things and move on.

Once I was gone for a month and I was just miserable, so I flew back from Florida for two hours just to be home and see my cats.

Leia follows me like a vague smell.

Intentions are the triggers for transformation in the body. If you want to wiggle your toes, you do it through intention.

To make a long story short, there's nothing like having a boss walk in.

When I was a little boy, I wanted to be a baseball player and also join the circus. With the Yankees, I've accomplished both.

I'm just a one-instrument player. I have been known to play a blender, but I basically play - just play the violin.

Acting and singing on 'One Tree Hill' was definitely one of the most incredible experiences of my life. I didn't even know I could act until I auditioned at the casting call for the part of Mia.

I wrote down all the things I would no longer accept in my life, all the things I would no longer tolerate, and all the things that I aspired to becoming.