Thoughts are things; they have tremendous power. Thoughts of doubt and fear are pathways to failure.
Forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably.
Racing is the only time I feel whole.
I can't let in the light. It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
The only greatness for man is immortality.
I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
I didn't know what to do. How do you tell an eight-year-old boy his mother's going to die? I tried. In my own stumbling way I tried to prepare Jim for it. Nowadays, he lives in a world we don't understand too well, the actor's world. We don't see too much of him. But he's a good boy, my Jim. A good boy, and I'm very proud of him. Not easy to understand, no sir. He's not easy to understand. But he's all man, and he'll make his mark. Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
Running has taken me in, and continues to comfort, heal and challenge me in all kinds of magical ways. I am not a 'good runner' because I am me. I am a good 'me' because I am a runner.
I've never seen anything like it since. Some of the Canada Cups came close, but by then a lot of European players came and played in our league so we were more familiar with them.
You will remember some of what you hear; much of what you read; more of what you see, and almost all of what you experience and understand fully.
A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.