The greatest lesson of life is that you are responsible for your life.

You can take from every experience what it has to offer you. And you cannot be defeated if you just keep taking one breath followed by another.

There were lots of little boys having their bar mitzvahs all over the world, and they sent me tapes of some of them that they interviewed, probably six or seven little boys, and there was something about Mendel. I just loved his little face. I loved the energy of Mendel.

Ask the right questions, and the answers will always reveal themselves.

What you do today creates every tomorrow.

There is a lesson in almost everything that you do, and getting the lesson is how you move forward. It is how you enrich your spirit.

I'm starting to cry. I'm remembering those years I struggled with my weight, those times when I saw my reflection in a store window and didn't know who that fat person was, years when it was a big accomplishment for me to exercise at two dots on the StairMaster. And now I'm finishing a 26-mile race. Damn! This is better than winning an Emmy!