“Tonight I will dream of a better tomorrow, but today I will awake with a vision more ambitious than yesterday.”

“In the Way of Excellence, life and your athletic activity is truly a journey, not a destination. Peace comes from loving every moment and every step of the way. Every day is a new beginning”

“If you don’t know who you want to become or the life you want to live, you need to figure that out today or tomorrow will be the same as yesterday.”

“When I look back on my personal story through my journals, it struck me my words had an unmatched power to heal me. To change me.”

“Our imperfections make us beautiful!”

“If you want to be important, be the best you can. If you want a legacy, build it. If you want peace of mind, find it. If you cannot make it now, keep trying until you make it, and if you have not yet found what you want, keep searching.”

“Forcing yourself to do what matters over what does not, however simple; what is difficult, over what is not, however convenient; and what is right over what is bogus, however expedient, is self-discipline.”

“Being educated means being able to use what you learn to create possibilities and to provide options that lessen or eliminate pain from your life and that of others. Passing standardised tests in the classroom is just a small part of education.”

“Life is not a competition. No one has to lose for someone else to win. A true blessing blesses everyone.”

“She’s not a girl. She’s been through hurricanes of emotions, she fought the armies of fears, she passed the trickiest life’s trials.She matured like wine through humid darkness, cold and time. She came out fizzy and sweet.”

“Progress is a vague concept, if there is no vision to progress towards.”