I’ll never, ever be full. I’ll always be hungry. Obviously, I’m not talking about food. Growing up, I had nothing for such a long time. Someone told me a long time ago, and I’ve never forgotten it, ‚Once you’ve ever been hungry, really, really hungry, then you’ll never, ever be full.‘

There are many things that happen every day that we could murmur about if we let ourselves go there. But they really aren’t worth the effort it takes to get upset and gripe about it.

An employer of mine back in the ’80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and it made a big difference in my life that I knew I was the sort of person who showed up on time. It’s a basic tell of character.

You can’t have it all, all at once. Who – man or woman – has it all, all at once? Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all. But in different periods of time, things were rough. And if you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.

The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which has armed itself, totally, against the possibility of the changing motion of conquest and surrender, which is love.

The way is long if one follows precepts, but short… if one follows patterns.

When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn’t done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means – either may do – the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.

To hold a man down, you have to stay down with him.

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‚If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?‘ And whenever the answer has been ‚No‘ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

I don’t want to be something that just comes and goes.

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you’re staying in a small box with a small mindset. People who win go outside of that box. It’s very simple when you look at it.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

I have practically no private life. I’m already used to this and ready for it. Yes, sometimes it is hard, but it is the choice I made.

Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.

My life has been very full.

You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.

Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it’ll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.

That is my wish, hope, instruction for all of you: Take your education seriously, okay? Always do that. Because I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for my education.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

Not having hope is not an excuse for not doing something.

Bring them on.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

I don’t go to bed at 1 A.M. and wake up at 5 A.M. and say, ‚Let’s see if I can get this done today.‘

I plan on taking athletics as far as I can.

There’s something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.

I was so ashamed of who I was.

My mother did not like children.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don’t stop, don’t put it down.

Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.

I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when I didn’t write. I started again at 16 and have no idea why, but it was suddenly the only thing I wanted to do.

What one has to do usually can be done.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

I used to feel unsafe right in the moment of an accomplishment – I felt the ground fall from under my feet because this could be the end. And even now, while everyone is celebrating, I’m on to the next thing. I don’t want to get lost in this big cushion of success.

Things do not always happen the way I would like them to happen, and I had better get used to that.

Lot of players lose hope because of lack of motivation.

The only shame is to have none.

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body – the wishbone.

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

What nourishes me also destroys me.

I don’t want to be alone, I want to be left alone.

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.

I’ve never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves – it’s just a question of finding the subject.

Why am I a star? It can’t be because of looks.

It’s a rule to give all, and it can make the difference if you work more. If you don’t have to give all, and you still win, what’s this?

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.

Some people can just let things go, but I can’t, especially if there’s something that worries me or makes me sad.

You learn to know a pilot in a storm.

Happiness doesn’t come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man.

I know so many people who feel hopeless, and they ask me, ‚What should I do?‘ And I say: ‚Act. Do something.‘ Because that is the best medicine against sadness and depression.

Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.