My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.

My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.

Wellbeing is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.

-- Zeno of Citium

Everything is practice.

-- Pelé

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

-- Babe Ruth

It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.

-- Babe Ruth

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

-- Muhammad Ali

Those who live are those who fight.

-- Victor Hugo