Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before.Bonnie Blair
Winning in women's singles felt surreal. I felt that everything I had done - the hard work, the tough times - was all worth it. Kristi Yamaguchi
Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal. Jackie Joyner Kersee
You always say 'I'll quit when I start to slide', and then one morning you wake up and realize you've done slid. Sugar Ray Robinson
You know, episodic TV directing is a very long and arduous job. You have very short schedules, short short shooting days, and you have to get lot of pages done. Katey Sagal
You know, now it's sinking in. It's taken me a long time to realize - and it is sinking in - how important this book is. And I have a certain distance now. I've done it such a long time ago. Eric Carle
You learnt that, whatever you are doing in life, obstacles don't matter very much. Pain or other circumstances can be there, but if you want to do a job bad enough, you'll find a way to get it done. Jack Youngblood
You want a story? Read 'Gone With the Wind'. These aren't stories. They're joke books. The whole thing of a beginning, a middle and an end has been done to death. Brian P.Cleary