"Thank God for the founding fathers, who set up three separate branches of government. And the media acting as the Fourth Estate."

“Playing live is a lot of fun. You get one shot, ... But at the end of the day, it's all rock 'n' roll.”

“Ultimately when you have the perspective of why you're competing and what you're trying to pursue, the rest just falls into place.”

Source : "A conversation with U.S. Olympic gold medalist diver David Boudia". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. 2012.

“Hope encourages men to endure and attempt everything; in depriving them of it, or in making it too distant, you deprive them of their very soul.”

Source : Maurice de Saxe (2012). “Reveries on the Art of War”, p.27, Courier Corporation

“I miss. I miss. I miss. I make.”

Source : "The escape artist" by Rick Reilly, www.espn.com. May 7, 2011.

“Suicide attacks are the actions of losers who have nothing left to lose. In this case, Islam serves as a mask, a cover for desperation and nihilism, but not for religion.”

“We have to instill in them the skills they need to succeed at a young age and open up their imaginations to the very real opportunities they can be afforded if they put their minds to it.”

“Matt looked up kids from his high school class. Only three were listed as dead, but a bunch were listed as missing/presumed dead. As a test, he looked us up, but none of our names were on any of the lists. And that's how we know we're alive this Memorial Day.”

“People won't start dumping Google en masse; Google is a habit.”

Source : "Bing, the Imitator, Often Goes Google One Better". www.nytimes.com. July 09, 2009.