I wanted to live, but whether I would or not was mystery, and in the midst of confronting that fact, even at that moment, I was beginning to sense that to stare into the heart of such a fearful mystery wasn't a bad thing. To be afraid is a priceless education. P 99

It was great to fight in training, great to fight in the race, but you don't need to fight in a press conference, or an interview, or a personal interaction.

No one automatically gives you respect just because you show up. You have to earn it

If we don't somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we're going to have a huge problem.

My greatest point is my persistence... However down I am, I fight until the last ball.

[The] pain is temporary. It may last a minute, an hour, a day, or a year, but eventually it subsides. And when it does, something else takes its place, and that thing might be called a greater space for happiness ... Each time we overcome pain, I believe that we grow.

Extraordinary allegations require extraordinary evidence.