The integrity and self-esteem gained from winning the battle against extremity are the richest treasures in my life

When you reach for the horizon, as I've proven, you may not get there, but what a tremendous build of character and spirit that you lay down. What a foundation you lay down in reaching for those horizons.

This journey has always been about reaching your own other shore no matter what it is, and that dream continues.

When you achieve your Dreams It's not so much what you get, It's who you become.

There is... nothing greater than touching the shore after crossing some great body of water knowing that I've done it with my own two arms and legs.

You have a dream and you have obstacles in front of you as we all do. None of us ever get through this life without heartache, without turmoil, and if you believe and you have faith and you can get knocked down and get back up again and you believe in perseverance as a great human quality, you find your way.

But for each of us, isn't life about determining your own finish line?