In Athens I was 17 and I didn't have any expectations. I was just swimming fast and racing everybody. I didn't have the joy after my races in 2007. I didn't want to go to Beijing. I had to for sponsors.
The ones who disappoint you need you the most.
Old-fashioned, Spirit-filled, Christ-honoring, sin-hating, soul-winning, Bible-preaching. It is the hope of the church. It is the hope of the nation. It is the hope of the world.
To lose something in the will of God is to find something better.
The greatest blessing in the whole world is being a blessing.
A tribulation gives you the opportunity to test a truth you have always believed.
If you preachers would start winning souls everywhere you go, you wouldn't have to get a book of illustrations to preach from next Sunday.
The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard.
It's not like I'm some kind of veteran and there is this huge age gap. I identify with them more off the field. I need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.
We corrupt the Word of God most dangerously, when we throw any doubt on the plenary inspiration of any part of Holy Scripture.
If you want to do a few small things right, do them yourself. If you want to do great things and make a big impact, learn to delegate.