"Water polo would be much more interesting if they hadn't gotten rid of the horses."

“It's very hard to respect people on holiday - everybody looks so silly at the beach, it makes you hate humanity - but when you see people at their work they elicit respect, whether it's a mechanic, a stonemason or an accountant.”

“I don't make decisions for money or popularity. I do things because they're right for me, and they're interesting and challenging.”

Source : "Clare Balding: 'You can't be flavour of the month for more than a month'". Interview With Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. September 17, 2012.

“The proletariat uses the State not in the interests of freedom but in order to hold down its adversaries, and as soon as it becomes possible to speak of freedom the State as such ceases to exist.”

“The age of the book is almost gone.”

“To have the opportunity to work with Tiger Woods was just so awesome. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the challenge. I enjoyed the good parts where he was winning. And I enjoyed the challenge to help him get better. But six years was enough.”

Source : "'It's not easy being Tiger'". Interview with Scott T. Miller, www.espn.com. December 6, 2012.

“The people who live the life of their dreams know that it's not about how much money they have, but how much passion, willingness and dedication they have to make their dreams come true. And on top of that they know that no one defines what's true for them except them. And on top of that they know that Plan B is not an option, because it's a distraction from Plan A. And on top of that they just don't give up because that is who the hell they are!”

“In the formation of such a government, it is not only the right, but the indispensable duty of every citizen to examine the principles of it, to compare them with the principles of other governments, with a constant eye to our particular situation and circumstances, and thus endeavor to foresee the future operations of our own system, and its effects upon human happiness. Convinced of this truth, I have no apology to offer for the following remarks, but an earnest desire to be useful to my country.”

“I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself”