"As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her."

“There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.”

“China protects the Chinese, America protects the Americans, I don't see why Europe should not protect the Europeans.”

Source : Interview with John Thornhill, Peggy Hollinger and Martin Arnold, www.ft.com. February 06, 2007.

“I am not thinking too far ahead, just want to take it one thing at a time.”

Source : FaceBook post by Sachin Tendulkar from Jun 13, 2014

“If I wanted to connect like I do now, I'd have to write 500,000 letters, get 500,000 stamps, send them out and wait for them all to come back. This stuff is instantaneous. I can see if someone is having a bad day and send them a smiley face and have an effect on them. It's fun, but it's also a very powerful thing.”

“I just want to become a great leadoff hitter.”

“There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.”

“Entering into writing a poem is an emotional endeavor for me as well as a spiritual and creative one. Having to write those poems for the inauguration, I started asking deeper questions about my cultural identity, and my connection to America.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

“If you can win in adversity, you can win anywhere!”