"No one respects the umpire's job more than I do; but, if I were a manager, I would probably be ejected three or four times a season fighting for my team."

“Man's record upon this wild world is the record of work, and of work alone.”

“I mean, I'm 6-foot-11, I've got red hair, freckles, I'm a goofy, nerdy-looking guy, I've got a speech impediment-I stutter and stammer all the time-and I'm a Deadhead.”

“Embrace your uniqueness. Time is much too short to be living someone else's life.”

“I was still young when I missed Beijing. I was favourite to win a medal but I knew I had time. My coach advised me to stay at school and finish my exams. Even if I had gone and won the Olympics, I might not have handled the pressure. So I moved on.”

“You should never be so high and mighty you can't listen to somebody else and learn something from them. Leadership is as much about using the ear as using the mouth.”

Source : Source: www.theguardian.com

“To be silent is sometimes an art, yet not so great a one as certain people would have us believe, who are wisest they are most silent.”

Source : Christoph Martin Wieland (1861). “The republic of fools: being the history of the state and people of Abdera, in Thrace. Tr. [from Geschichte der Abderiten] by H. Christmas”, p.31

“Reading is a private pursuit; one that takes place behind closed doors.”

“We need to get back to a level of social responsibility that we haven't seen for a long time.”