So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.

You learn the stuff of your life (sports, movies, traveling) ... that's not the essence of your existence, my relationships were always good. Now they have transcended (rise beyond).

there is a relationship between the mind and the body that can both create a physical condition and enable us to recover from it

You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile.

A hero is an ordinary person doing things in an extra ordinary way.

The bigger the canvas, the better I do. I'm not so good at understated, kitchen-sink kinds of parts.

Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.