When people are forced to interact to survive, their prejudices diminish.

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.

Remember, you are as dispensable as the most indispensable king of kings, the mighty lord of silly worldly men.

You tug and strain like a young horse when it's first tied up at the stake, whenever you are tied by your heartstrings.

It's a great, great experience to finally get the reception that you know you rightfully deserve.

Some people swear by writing courses, but whether it really helps American poetry, I have doubts.

To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.

When I am old, I shall wear purple.

Performance is always oriented towards a spectator, towards an imagined audience and I was thinking who is their imagined audience?

When I was in my early 20s, I had my hair permed. Bad Idea! It turned into total frizz. My advice to women is: if you have nice hair already, don't get a perm, leave your hair alone.

People of faith find themselves marginalized and ridiculed. In a nation where our coins carry the motto, 'In God We Trust...'

Sooner strangle an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.