Intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong.

Our deep spiritual confidence that this nation will survive the perils of today - which may well be with us for decades to come - compels us to invest in our nation's future, to consider and meet our obligations to our children and the numberless generations that will follow.

Persons are judged to be great because of the positive qualities they possess, not because of the absence of faults.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

The physical fitness of our citizens is a vital prerequisite to America's realization of its full potential as a nation, and to the opportunity of each individual citizen to make full and fruitful use of his capacities.

Here on earth, God's work must surely be our own.

There is something that happens when we leave the land and enter the ocean. It's unexpected, the environment feels strangely welcoming. The ocean almost feels like... home.