Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

I'm interested not only in that it's beautiful and that it's Gorham, but also what it tells us about society.

I'm interested not only in that it's beautiful and that it's Gorham, but also what it tells us about society.

A play is fiction-and fiction is fact distilled into truth.

A play is fiction-and fiction is fact distilled into truth.

There's no way we're going to get him on that bus — not even on a helicopter.

There's no way we're going to get him on that bus — not even on a helicopter.

Those are rules that should be followed at any time, but they are even more necessary right now.

Those are rules that should be followed at any time, but they are even more necessary right now.

We pay for it from the student activity fee and the regular CRC budget process.

We pay for it from the student activity fee and the regular CRC budget process.

To laugh at men of sense is the privilege of fools.

To laugh at men of sense is the privilege of fools.

I made a $50 bet -- a lot of money then -- with my coach that I'd win a medal. read more

I made a $50 bet -- a lot of money then -- with my coach that I'd win a medal. I woke up that morning and thought, 'don't get to the bottom and wish you had a second chance, because in the Olympics, you don't get a second chance.' I was so in the moment; I wanted to feel it, I wanted to be in it -- I've used that metaphor for the rest of my life.

We're going to win all seven; that's my plan. I don't know about all that other stuff.

We're going to win all seven; that's my plan. I don't know about all that other stuff.