All the scientists who are working on solving the problem of curing paralysis say that it won't do you any good if you don't keep your body in shape.

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

Even if your body doesn't work the way it used to, the heart and the mind and the spirit are not diminished.

Once we choose hope, everything is possible.

At some time, often when we least expect it, we all have to face overwhelming challenges. When the unthinkable happens, the lighthouse is hope. Once we find it, we must cling to it with absolute determination. When we have hope, we discover powers within ourselves we may have never known- the power to make sacrifices, to endure, to heal, and to love. Once we choose hope, everything is possible.

Don't put a limit on what can be accomplished.

When I first began acting, I assumed an intellectual responsibility attached to my profession, which I had accepted for a long time. My father taught me that an actor had to have a social and political conscience, and that the work that he does has to reflect from that.