Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts. Roger Staubach
Obama does not represent America. Nor does he represent anything what our forefathers stood for. This country is basically built on an attitude. It's a way of life. It's not because you're born here. It's not that you're supposed to take from those who have and give to those who haven't. That kills a country. It killed Russia. Luke Scott
Obviously, because of my disability, I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a life as possible. I have traveled the world, from the Antarctic to zero gravity.Stephen Hawking
Of all actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all actions of our life tis most meddled with by other people.John Selden
Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold. Shawn Johnson
Oh, there's nothing more dangerous in life at getting hurt at than love itself. People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match. George Foreman
Olympic Gold changed me and my life dramatically. I became a celebrity overnight and people see me as a famous skater, not a real person. Oksana Baiul
Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living. Helen keller
One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late. Agatha Christie
One of life's most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn't do our homework, that we are not prepared. Merlin Olsen
One of life's terrible truths is that women like guys who seem to know what they're doing. Anthony Bourdain
One of my mottos not only just in skating but in life in general and I try to enforce it as well, is like no regrets and just like going for it. Kristi Yamaguchi
One of the great lessons I've learned in athletics is that you've got to discipline your life. No matter how good you may be, you've got to be willing to cut out of your life those things that keep you from going to the top. Bob Richards
One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood. Agatha Christie