I was the class podiatrist. I never made it to class clown. I wasn't funny enough. I would examine feet and prescribe and ointment. It was a sad childhood.
The Olympics must be my curse or something.
Sometimes your disappointments make you a stronger person for the future.
I don't rank competitions - every single one is the Olympics to me.
I believe the reason for my early independence is sport, through which I learnt at an early stage to take care of myself and be disciplined.
Since I became a favorite in every race, it's just another burden that I have to bear.
People don't come to stadiums only to see results. They come to see a reaction, they want to see we are also human, that we can cry or laugh.
I have been placed under surveillance, and I can't take a step without it being known to the Polish minister of internal affairs.
It is incumbent upon everyone to aid those daysprings of authority and sources of command who are adorned with the ornamant of equity and justice.
The workman mindful of success, therefore, will naturally direct his attention to the faultless preparation of his stock, and in order to achieve this result, he will find it necessary not merely to make use of the freshest and finest goods, but also to exercise the most scrupulous care in their preparation, for, in cooking, care is half the battle.
Proust has listed a great many reasons why it is impossible to be happy, but, in the course of being happy, one finds it difficult to remember them.