“I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus.”

“I started skating and I kind of liked it because I could run circles around the guys that wouldn't pick me to play baseball.”

“Rationality is not one of this industry's attributes.”

“Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.”

“A bad attitude is the only true handicap.”

“I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people.”

“Perseverance... keeps honor bright: to have done, is to hang quite out of fashion, like a rusty nail in monumental mockery.”

“...lest too light winning make the prize light.”