"If there is one thing I have learned on this incredible journey we call life, it is this: the sign of a truly successful individual is humility."

“What about our children and grandchildren and their children and grandchildren? Do we not want them to live healthy and happy lives?”

“Man has slapped nature in the face. If you slap it, it will slap you back.”

“I think when you begin to think of yourself as having achieved something, then there's nothing left for you to work towards. I want to believe that there is a mountain so high that I will spend my entire life striving to reach the top of it.”

Source : "A New Mountain to Climb: Heroes I've Met and the Mountains They Climb Every Day". Book by Neal McCoy, p. 72, 2010.

“You've got to know the rules to break them. That's what I'm here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition.”

Source : "The McQueen I knew was not a troubled genius" by Alex Bilmes, www.theguardian.com. February 13, 2010.

“If you're going to do a thing, you should do it thoroughly. If you're going to be a Christian, you may as well be a Catholic.”

“Charity requires sacrifice, and members of Congress could set a good example of charity by giving up their pay increase.”

“You hope to see an arc of growth in your ability to become a character on television.”

“I'm no good at down-time. I panic slightly and then plan a project or set up a meeting about starting a project.”