"So many people get caught up in being a pro athlete and think they are better. I don't feel like I've ever changed or acted any differently because of the situation I'm in or that status I have."

“We never know the reality of things: we see only what we are aware of. It is our consciousness that determines the shape of the world around us -- its size, motion and meaning.”

Source : Nawal El Saadawi (2013). “Two Women in One”, p.26, Saqi

“I used to first go on to entertain an audience. But now I go, and this is really true - I go on to have fun with a crowd of my chums.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“Yes, I don’t have any talent. That’s why I work hard.”

“I find industrial cities exciting. I like their toughness.”

“The more bad choices you make, the less bad your choices seem.”

Source : Karen Kingsbury, Gary Smalley (2010). “Redemption”, p.34, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

“I can't even spell spaghetti never mind talk Italian. How could I tell an Italian to get the ball - he might grab mine.”

“I cannot say to be glad or not glad to be on Everest. It is my life. I have opportunity to be here, so I am here.”

“Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.”

Source : "Fire In Belltown, USA Destroys Last Bell Factory". Interview with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. May 31, 2012.