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

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.

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.

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.

It’s like this…a starving man would gladly eat a radish, right? In fact, a radish would be a feast if that’s all he had. But if he had a buffet in front of him, the radish would never be chosen.

I do not stand on protocol. If you just call me Excellency it will be okay.

Each day is the scholar of yesterday.

There are multiple things entering in your mind.

The one who knows and fears the Lord of Hosts need fear no other.

A crash is when your competitor's program dies. When your program dies, it is an 'idiosyncrasy'.

Afflictions have the same use and end to our souls, that frosty weather hath upon those clothes that are laid and bleaching, they alter the hue and make them white.

Too many proofs spoil the truth.

Should I assume the lure is a certain attractive young dead man?