Running isn't a sport because anyone can do it. Anything we can all do can't be a sport. I can run, you can run. My mother can run, you don't see her on the cover of Sports Illustrated do you?

Hard work is for people short on talent.

My grandfather, mother and father were gifted verbally, and my mother passed that along to me. She always made sure I was conscious of language and words.

In adolescence you have to separate yourself and establish your identity. So, being very independent anyway, I took charge.

Suppose I could shoot myself in the mouth, but what if I miss? People will laugh at me.

If the reason for climbing Mt. Everest is that it's hard to do, why does everyone go up the easy side?

There are only two places in the world: over here and over there.