The race film had confirmed a dead heat. That was great. But even better, most of the New York press finally learned to spell my name correctly.

If you can take it, you can make it.

People tell me, "You're such an optimist". Am I an optimist? An optimist says the glass is half full. A pessimist says the glass is half empty. A survivalist is practical. He says, "Call it what you want, but just fill the glass." I believe in filling the glass.

The great commandment is that we preach the gospel to every creature, but neither God nor the Bible says anything about forcing it down people's throats.

Self-esteem can’t win you a race if you’re not in shape.

I think the hardest thing in life is to forgive. Hate is self destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate, you're hurting yourself. It's a healing, actually, it's a real healing...forgiveness.

However dark the night, however dim our hopes, the light will always follow darkness.