People say, on the raft, you must have hallucinated. Baloney. We were sharper after 47 days than the day we started because our minds were empty of all the war and contamination; we had clean minds to fill with good thoughts. Every day we'd exercise our minds.

Never give up, no matter what.

Even at my age, I'm trying to improve. Never give up, no matter what. Even if you get last place - finish.

You have to reach deep within yourself to see if you are willing to make the sacrifices.

I've always been called Lucky Louie. It's no mystery why.

All I knew was that hate was so deadly as any poison and did no one any good. You had to control and eliminate it, if you could.

I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.