I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.

My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.

No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helps you.

When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.

I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.

Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

I believe in me more than anything in this world.

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.

It doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish. It's all a matter of discipline. I was determined to discover what life held for me beyond the inner-city streets.

The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever.

I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.

But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion. The potential for greatness lives within each of us.

I ran and ran and ran every day and I acquired this sense of determination this sense of spirit that I would never never give up no matter what else happened.

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit.

Winning is great but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.

I'm in my prime. There's no goal too far, no mountain too high.

I am beautiful.

I don't know where 12 months has gone.

I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity.

The Times has much less power than you think. I believe we attribute power to the media generally that it simply doesn't have. It's very convenient to blame the media, the same way we blame television for everything that's going wrong in society.

It's so rewarding being on radio, especially because it's not about what you look like at all. And I love comedy, so it's very exciting.

I'm useless scrabbling around at home. I get on everyone's nerves, including my own. I'm not very good at amusing myself.

Circumstances in the world of politics contribute substantially to whether or not you can be successful.

Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fear.

Freaky things happen all the time in the world. I suppose everything has to happen for the first time at some point.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

I think the thing that our government lacks - just about more than anything else - is technological competence. We have some of the greatest white-hat hackers in the world here in the U.S., but the government seems to be technologically illiterate.

As a student in Beijing in 1996, I sometimes marveled at the sheer obscurity of the movies that somehow made it onto pirated discs in China.

As a little girl I loved the thought of playing dress-up and getting ready.

France is a pretty stable democracy, but incidents occur. And I was pleased to have police accompaniment.

Real, sustainable community change requires the initiative and engagement of community members.

I love skin care and actually wanted to be an esthetician for many years.

I never like to think of any character as being over. I'm always thinking of different ways of bringing them back.

It's really not about the money. It's just about educating yourself.

Not every problem is solvable, okay.

He bit his lip in a manner which immediately awakened my maternal sympathy, and I helped him bite it.

Anyone can be a father but it takes someone special to be a dad and that's why I call you dad because you are so special to me.

If you want to punish somebody, never talking to them again is a really good method.

A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree.

One reason I find all this character growth and narrative swerving so exhilarating is because I never got to do it when I wrote for TV. Our characters needed to remain consistent from week to week.