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.

Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.

...I spent many, many hours in...libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.

I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.

I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.

Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering you on.

If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?