"The will must be stronger than the skill."

"Champions aren't made in the gyms."
"Champions are made from something they have deep inside them: a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill."

"I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."

"My soul has grown over the years, and some of my views have changed. As long as I am alive, I will continue to try to understand more because the work of the heart is never done."

“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.”

"Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even."

"It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe."

"It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself."

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing."

"Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you're going to be right."

"If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it."