You can put me in the basement or the penthouse, it doesn’t matter to me.

My family is a part of my life and everything is all a mixture of enjoyment.

I'm about to challenge for the Maryland Cup in the next couple of years, as an owner, a trainer, and a rider.

I got hate letters from girls all over America because I wouldn't go to the prom with them.

The racing bug is never going to go away. It's like the Mafia.

Once you're in, you're in. It's like the Mafia. Once a Monkee, always a Monkee.

I like tall girls because I like someone to look up to.

The Monkees are like the mafia. You're in for life. Nobody gets out.

Do you fear death? Do you fear that dark abyss? All your deeds laid bare. All your sins punished. I can offer you...an escape.

I would say that fifty percent of my show is killer comedy.

I only bet on what's dearest to a man's heart. Else there is no way to tell if he's bluffing. What a man is willing to risk or not to risk, that's a measure of his soul.

Things you don't need in your life targets you the most.

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.

Whatever you do has to be commercial and it can't be too distracting - it has to be background music, basically.

When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it.

I used to work at a puppy nursery.

What I love is a peanut butter and pickle sandwich. I'll just have peanut butter and bananas, then peanut butter and pickles. Peanut butter and chocolate I don't recommend.

Never allow others to put obstacles in the pathway of your dreams

Self-esteem cannot be directly injected. It needs to result from doing well, from being warranted.

Short people got no reason to live.

Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when you're in trouble