I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up.

I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up.

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at.

"She (Minnie Ruth Solomon) was unusual because even though I knew her family was as poor as ours, nothing she said or did seemed touched by that. Or by prejudice. Or by anything the world said or did. It was as if she had something inside her that somehow made all that not count. I fell in love with her some the first time we ever talked, and a little bit more every time after that until I thought I couldn't love her more than I did. And when I felt that way, I asked her to marry me . . . and she said she would."

People come out to see you perform and you've got to give them the best you have within you.

Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it.

I decided I wasn't going to come down. I was going to fly. I was going to stay up in the air forever.