"Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes."

“Who taught you to write in blood on my back? Who taught you to use your hands as branding irons? You have scored your name into my shoulders, referenced me with your mark. The pads of your fingers have become printing blocks, you tap a message on to my skin, tap meaning into my body. Your morse code interferes with my heart beat. I had a steady heart before I met you, I relied upon it, it had seen active service and grown strong. Now you alter its pace with your own rhythm, you play upon me, drumming me taut.”

“There are two types of pain, the one that breaks you and the one that changes you. In the gym, pain is felt as a result of weakness leaving the body. Physical pain is the glue of transformation and the pain of progress. The more you endure the harder it gets to accept the thought of failure.”

Source : FaceBook post by Greg Plitt from Oct 23, 2014

“You're going to get violated in that ring. I am going to close the curtain on the joke that is the Audley Harrison show.”

“The world may hold startling developments and shocking unknowns.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com

“This is a Happy Birthday card, Made with lots of love by me It's to a Very Important Parent A VIP... ...and you are she”

“We are in danger of developing a cult of the Common Man, which means a cult of mediocrity.”

Source : Herbert Hoover (1938). “Addresses upon the American road”, C. Scribner's sons

“Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them.”

Source : Dick Francis (2004). “To the Hilt”, p.3, Penguin

“I said pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.”