When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in.

A person's a person, no matter how small.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.