I tell them how what matters is becoming the best you can be at whatever you're doing.

I make appearance at local park and recreation agencies when the program starts, when they have the qualifying meets at the local levels. Then I try to go to the regional competitions, and of course I'm there in Hershey, Pa., in August for the North American final.

It's very warm there, so we were outdoors all the time. The local people had programs for us year-round, where as kids we had the opportunity to play football, basketball, baseball, track and field - we just went from one sport to the next, year-round.

I also meet with city officials, representatives from governors' offices, really anyone in that sort of position who has shown an interest in youth fitness, to let them know why this sort of program is so important. I give the same message when I speak at conferences.

I tell them how what matters is becoming the best you can be at whatever you're doing.

Tonight I'm going to shower and then just walk for about four hours and look at the moon.

Through the program, they get the basics of what it takes to train.

The main thing is that it's nice to see these young people - 9 to 14 years old - take the opportunity to get more involved in their health and fitness. We need more kids to be more active.

What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them why it's always worth it to put the time and effort into something you want to be good at.

The whole decathlon is ridiculous, but the 1,500 meters is insanity.

I don't care if I never see Texas again.

So I had the opportunity to do what the kids in the Hershey program do, except that the Hershey program lets them do it on such a larger scale, with the regional and national competitions.

This illness made it impossible for me to give my best effort to our audience, but now that it's been identified, I'm looking forward to a complete, quick recovery and to get back out there with John as soon as possible.

I grew up in Denver, Colorado. After high school I went to Vegas.

I like dramatic stuff, and I have a goofball side, too. I like to do comedy and off-beat things as much as something really, really serious.

Where trial-court and appeals-court nominees were once routinely confirmed on voice vote, they are now routinely subjected to ideological litmus tests, filibusters, and vicious interest-group attacks.

A quick smile is more seductive than a slinky dress.

I think the mistake lots of people make when it comes to a psychopath is that they completely write off their actions as cruel, callous and completely calculated, but actually, the truth is that they have interests and reasons behind their actions.

It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that counts.

The only good excuse is that you have none.

The freedom of man is, in political liberalism, freedom from persons, from personal dominion, from the master; the securing of each individual person against other persons, personal freedom.

I got into the race because I'm concerned for my children, and for the opportunities they don't have. Really, it's for the same concerns that the people of the 16th district have. They're concerned about jobs.

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

When you’ve got something to prove, there’s nothing greater than a challenge.

But as long as you're creating the art you want to create, if people start liking you, you shouldn't have to apologize. You want your stuff to be heard by as many people as possible.

Rock stars get room keys, I get business cards.

L.A. is a really good home base. I've grown up here, and so sometimes I have wanderlust even though I tour. You think it would be cured by touring, but sometimes I feel like I want to be somewhere else.

A saint serves others, knowing that the more one serves, the greater the opportunity for the Spirit to sanctify and purify.

Staying in Likud means wasting time in political squabbles rather than acting on behalf of the good of the country.

After I recovered from 'Lioness', I wanted to write something about animals because I really like mythical creatures, especially dragons. At 12, I was one of those semi-recluses who did better with animals than people. Out of that, came the character, Daine, who could communicate with animals.

I cleaned toilets and shined shoes.

We want to pigeonhole things and people, but it is absurd to regard me just as a furry wig-and-britches actor.

You don't read many scripts, especially for crime dramas, that feature a strong woman as the central character.

The reason that I'm here at all is because of my relationship with my family and their encouragement of me to be a musician and to work hard. As long as I stay there in that space, I can do anything. That's my truth.

But money, wife, is the true Fuller's Earth for reputations, there is not a spot or a stain but what it can take out.

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.