I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

The Games are just a nice, positive way to build friendships, camaraderie and, of course, self-esteem. Plus, the Games are a great opportunity for people to participate in sports who normally wouldn't.

One of my dogs is in the movie Beethoven's 2nd.

I just did not discuss my personal life, my sexuality with the media. That was my policy.

People who were close to me - family and friends - they knew about my sexuality.

Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to - expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship.

Well, unless you're Wayne Gretzky or Michael Jordan, you need the full support of your team.

In sports, people reach their peak very early. You have to move on. I don't know if I will ever surpass what I did at the Olympics, but I'm still doing the work I always wanted to do.

People wait in line to see me, saying there's plenty of living to be done even if you have an HIV diagnosis. People say they are 10- or 15-year survivors and still moving forward.

I guess you can tease me about being a drama queen, because that did heighten the drama.

When you're a kid growing up, and you think you're gay, you know that you're different; you're often teased and it can really destroy your self-esteem. But sports can be great for building self-esteem.

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

I guess you can tease me about being a drama queen because that did heighten the drama.

To me, peanut butter is the breakfast of champions!

Peak performance is meditation in motion.

Never underestimate your ability to make someone else's life better - even if you never know it.

Never underestimate your ability to make someone else's life better-even if you never know it.

I think that obstacles lead to growth and ultimately, the most learning I've done in my life is between jobs.

There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different.

But the cure for most obstacles is, Be decisive.

Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't.

It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles.

He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.

No matter how many obstacles that are thrown in our path, there are ways to except them and to live through them.

Many obstacles to the expansion of good will have presented themselves.

Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.

There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages.

Inside of all the makeup and the character and makeup, it's you, and I think that's what the audience is really interested in... you, how you're going to cope with the situation, the obstacles, the troubles that the writer put in front of you.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

I can hardly express in words my deep feeling and sympathy for them, knowing as I do, the many serious handicaps and obstacles that will confront them in almost every walk of life.

The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is the reward of the former.

Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black.

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in my way.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Remember, that of all the elements that comprise a human being, the most important, the most essential, the one that will sustain, transcend, overcome and vanquish obstacles is - Spirit!

Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.

I have a message for the young kids. Life is about obstacles, endeavors in life are not to be overlooked.

The confounding Political Economy with the Sciences and Arts to which it is subservient, has been one of the principal obstacles to its improvement.

I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.

Let's remember the children who come from broken homes, surrounded by crime, drugs, temptation, their peers having babies out of wedlock, but who still manage to get a good education despite the many obstacles they face every day.

Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people's criticisms, carry out your plan.

We have to embrace obstacles to reach the next stage of joy.

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor.

With respect to the first of these obstacles, it has often been made a matter of grave complaint against Political Economists, that they confine their attention to Wealth, and disregard all consideration of Happiness or Virtue.

Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals.

In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.