You touch every other ball and, if you screw up, you only have one more person to back you up. You can't go hide in the corner.

I don't want to be better than you or her or him - I want to be better than I am right now

A true competitor works the hardest, cares the most, and makes the best of what they have.

Passion is a huge prerequisite to winning. It makes you willing to jump through hoops, go through all the ups and downs and everything in between to reach your goal.

That wall is your mind playing tricks on you. You just need to say, 'One more step, I can do this. I have more in me.' You'll be so proud of yourself once you push yourself past your threshold.

Adversity, if you allow it to, will fortify you and make you the best you can be.

To me, crying is not a sign of weakness. She wants it that bad and she puts her whole heart into it. She had really high expectations, and that's why she's so good. She just had a bad game.

We have to fight the entire time, we can't start at the end when it's getting down to crunch time. We can't leave anything on the floor.

If you are not prepared, you cannot work out intensely. If you do not perform, you cannot get results, and if you can't do your best to recover, you won't get the benefits of your hard work.

I firmly believe that when you have a foundation of respect, love of what you're doing, and a shared vision, so much is possible.

We had two goals...One was to cherish every moment together, cherish the journey because the journey allows you to learn and grow. The other was to win a gold medal.

A self needed to spill out sometimes, a body should show evidence of what the hell went on inside it.

Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?

The stage is a supplement to the pulpit, where virtue, according to Plato's sublime idea, moves our love and affection when made visible to the eye.

Church of painful love - unfulfilled,unrequited & unattained

We are consciousness whether we are in this reality or whether we are not in this reality; we are eternal consciousness.

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

I think there are certain actors that have that kind of energy about them, that taking over a room energy.

I believe in maximum flexibility, so I reserve the right to change my position on any subject when the external environment relating to any topic changes too.

Beautiful people are forgiven more often than the rest.

I ran for Congress, just once.