To persevere, I think, is important for everybody. Don't give up, don't give in. There's always an answer to everything.
Louis ZamperiniAll I want to tell young people is that you're not going to be anything in life unless you learn to commit to a goal. You have to reach deep within yourself to see if you are willing to make the sacrifices.
Louis ZamperiniPeople 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.
Louis Zamperini