From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.

Fear isn't an excuse to come to a standstill. It's the impetus to step up and strike.

I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.

Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

I have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility is to myself. I could never be anything else.