Realize that the reason most people fail isn't because of the competition but because of the limits they place upon themselves, allowing defeat to take over. Take responsibility for your destiny. You can come up with a performance, if you can reach down and dig deep enough into your competitive soul. You can overcome tremendous obstacles.

I spent twelve years training for a career that was over in a week. Joe Namath spent one week training for a career that lasted twelve years.

The biggest problem with dyslexic kids is not the perceptual problem, it is their perception of themselves. That was my biggest problem.

I just barely got through school. The problem was a learning disability, at a time when there was no where to get help.

There was a French activist and writer, Simone de Beauvoir, who said, 'You are not born woman. You become one' ... Words I live by.

If I die... I'd be so mad at myself that I didn't explore that side of me.

Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day.