We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.

If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great.

My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.