There is a big difference to someone being born with vision loss, to a kid having vision loss, to a senior having macular degeneration and losing their sight.

Don't listen to negative influences. Believe in yourself, and show others what you can do. Only "you" can find your potential.

Some people have a negative attitude, and that's their disability.

I think what I represent is achieving what you want in life. It's a matter of your attitude. Some people have a negative attitude, and that's their disability.

If all you do is make excuses, then that is how people see you. Make your strengths visible.

People suddenly expected less of me and I didn't want that. Not only could I keep up with sighted kids, I could excel. I have an intense competiveness that was always in me.

I wanted to run my race. I didn't want to sit there and play games and see who could kick the hardest. I wanted it to be a race.

If you want to be known for whom you are as a person, then your responsibility it to make your qualities more visible. I believe if you don't you are becoming a victim.

Sometimes parents limit the experiences their kids will have, saying they are going to fail; they can't ride a bike or do sports.

There is so little time. We need to make every moment count.

In conservation, the motto should always be 'never say die'.

Only a rebuke that 'has something in it' will sting, will have the power to stir our feelings, not the other sort, as we know.

In handling resources, strive to avoid disaster rather than to attain an optimum.

The only free mind is one that, pure of all intimacy with beings or objects, plies its own vacuity.

At first, I wasn't sure whether I'd be a critic or a filmmaker, but I knew it would be something like that.

Leadership is not about experience, education or talent. It's about choosing to lead.

If the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside.

Your choices decide your fate. Take the time to make the right ones. If you make a mistake, that's fine; learn from it & don't make it again.

Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.