General quotes
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If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates.
One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.
I like to change. A new lamp, a piece of art, can transform a room.
Great companies in the way they work, start with great leaders.
Indeed, the existence of class, of social hierarchy, is as old as man himself. It prevails in the jungle where strength determines hierarchy; among men, it has also been savagely the same, whereby rulers vested with power through personal combat, or through lineal heritage as in the case of royalty, ravage their subjects.
There are six components of wellness: proper weight and diet, proper exercise, breaking the smoking habit, control of alcohol, stress management and periodic exams.
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
You cannot go far alone. You enjoy your journey better if you have people by your side.
It doesn't matter how you pray. Just pray. All religions are beautiful and they all have one common belief. There's something bigger and greater than us that can give us and take from us life. It is better than the here and now.
I write about the power of trying, because I want to be okay with failing. I write about generosity because I battle selfishness. I write about joy because I know sorrow. I write about faith because I almost lost mine, and I know what it is to be broken and in need of redemption. I write about gratitude because I am thankful — for all of it.
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.
Believing in yourself and having confidence gives you outer strength.
The magic to our show and, I think, any successful show, be it on the radio or TV, is every person being true to themselves.
It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.
It's better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else.
'Ders' is something I've been called since I was six by neighbors and stuff growing up.
Aaron Peirsol was the man. Ryan Lochte is also insane. Like, if Phelps wasn't around, we'd all be talking about Ryan Lochte as the dude who changed everything, because he's insane as well.
You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.
Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.
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