First with the head, then with the heart.

Words are like diamonds. Polish them too much, and all you get are pebbles.

I wish to cup knowledge in my hand and drink it as one drinks water by the side of the stream.

Winning is a state of mind that embraces everything you do.

My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor. I just happen to be an author.

. . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.

The power of one is above all things the power to believe in yourself, ofen well beyond any latent ability you may have previously demonstrated. The mind is the athlete, the body is simply the means it uses to run faster or longer, jump higher, shoot straighter, kick better, swim harder, hit further, or box better.