To be happy in life... You've got to train your mind to see the good, to be grateful for what you have.

My friends and I had fun together, but I was more reserved, not at all the life of the party. I would just be the quiet one in the room.

The love of life is the root of all good.

There are some things you can only learn in a storm.

When you have a spirit of excellence, you do the right thing not because somebody is watching or making you do it; you do it because it's the right thing to do.

Again I think my gift is bringing hope to everybody, and I don't want someone to look at me and say, "I would listen to him, I like what he's saying, but he's this or that politically and that turns me off."

The greatest gift you can give someone is your time, your attention, your love, your concern.