In that moment, I felt I could hear the entire nation cheering for me even underwater.

The frustration of the silver medal fueled four years of training.

The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

-- Pelé

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.

-- Pelé

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

-- Bruce Lee

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom.

-- Hermann Hesse

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

-- Henrik Ibsen

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

-- Herman Melville