The writing is important, but the way you say the line and the pause you give it, the facial expression - all of that is very important.

The pain that you hold is yours. There is not a single pain quite like it. Nobody else on God's green earth can feel this pain, or have the indescribable feeling of pride you will have when you overcome it. This pain is not your curse; this pain is your privilege.

If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.

I take the academic education as seriously as the physical education. That's why I tell parents that the schools can't do it all themselves. The parents can't come home from work and turn on the TV. That's not being a good parent.

This is the only place that I don't feel out of place, because everyone here is out of place.

I'm addicted to exercising and I have to do something every day.

Obviously, I've made statements that were ludicrous and crazy and outrageous and all those things, because that's the way I always was.