"I've had lots of setbacks. mainly injuries and undergoing surgery, but I just have to knuckle down and get on with it."

“The first song I wrote and had published was titled "Just As Long As That Someone Is You". It was written in 1959, and recorded in 1965 by Jimmy Ellege. I started writing songs because I wanted something of my own to sing. I, at that time, was not aware that the songs I heard on the radio were not written by the folks singing them. I had always loved poetry, and found it easy to integrate a melody with poetry.”

“People underestimate the power we have to make real change for animals; it's with our vote. Representatives may not care about animals, but they care about our vote and that is our leverage.”

“As man sows, so shall he reap. In works of fiction, such men are sometimes converted. More often, in real life, they do not change their natures until they are converted into dust.”

Source : Charles W. Chesnutt (2015). “The Marrow of Tradition”, p.222, Xist Publishing

“To ensure attaining an objective, one should have alternate objectives. An attack that converges on one point should threaten, and be able to diverge against another. Only by this flexibility of aim can strategy be attuned to the uncertainty of war.”

“To feel grateful is one of the most important experiences we need as humans. When we feel it, there is an acceptance of everything in our life.”

“I was always a neat kid. I never wanted my hands dirty. I wasn't a dirty kid. A lot of kids like to run around. If I was rolling around the dirt, I went home and took a shower. That's just the way I was. I'm not sure. I might have been born with it.”

“Everytime I get offered theatre I get offered a film role too.”

“You know why I want to win? Because of 15,000 reasons inside of the tennis court.”