The gardener had a dread of small women; he'd always imagined them to have an anger disproportionate to their size.

We are formed by what we desire

I have no respect for the right-to-life position, though I have every respect for an individual who says, "I could never have that procedure, I could never see a film or read a book about that procedure." It doesn't bother me if people feel that way.

My old coach used to say that if you were in it for the match, if you were in it for the trophies, you were in it for the wrong reasons.

How we love to love things for other people; how we love to have other people love things through our eyes.

If you asked me one day, I might say, "Well, sometimes I feel a little bit religious." If you asked me another day, I'd just say flat out, "No."

Wrestling was my first success, the first thing that confirmed that I could be good at anything. Devoting yourself to wrestling, or tennis, or skiing, or dance, or to a musical instrument is a longing to be disciplined for a purpose.