One of the great lessons I've learned in athletics is that you've got to
discipline your life. No matter how read more

One of the great lessons I've learned in athletics is that you've got to
discipline your life. No matter how good you may be, you've got to be
willing to cut out of your life those things that keep you from going to
the top.

I love humanity, it's the people I can't stand.

I love humanity, it's the people I can't stand.

When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged
and you begin to feel uncomfortable because of read more

When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged
and you begin to feel uncomfortable because of a contradiction you've
detected that is threatening your current model of the world or some
aspect of it, pay attention. You are about to learn something. This
discomfort and intellectual conflict is when learning is taking place.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

You can lay down and die, or you can get up and fight, but that's it -- there's no turning read more

You can lay down and die, or you can get up and fight, but that's it -- there's no turning back.

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.

Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.

Attitudes are the forerunners of conditions.

Attitudes are the forerunners of conditions.

It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.