"Investing is far more cumulative [than chess]. So long as you're sharp, you can do it for as long as you want."

“In talking with people that have experienced it, I learned that PTSD is something that a person in a position of authority sometimes thinks they're not supposed to have. They don't always have an avenue to personally address it or even discuss it.”

“The Devil is in the details, but so is salvation.”

Source : "The Rickover Effect". Book by Theodore Rockwell, 1992.

“The faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention, over and over again, is the very root of judgment, character, and will... An education which should improve this faculty would be the education par excellence.”

“The most important thing in the world is family and love.”

“I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.”

“Hell, in my opinion, is never finding your true self and never living your own life or knowing who you are.”

Source : John Bradshaw (2010). “Healing the Shame that Binds You”, p.28, Health Communications, Inc.

“I don't want to create controversy; I just have an opinion on things, and there is nothing wrong with stating your opinion if you are asked. Everyone wants that right, and because you are famous doesn't mean you have less of a right.”

“Reclaiming the word 'fat' was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it with truth, because the truth is that I am fat, and that's ok. So now when someone calls me fat, I agree, whereas before I would get embarrassed and emotional.”