“I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!”
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If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.
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Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
“We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.”
The mother is the one supreme asset of national life; she is more important by far than the successful statesman, or business man, or artist, or scientist.
When she (my mother) passed away, I kind of understood the commitment that she made to make sure that I could stay in skating. And I wanted to live up to whatever I could. Not so much win everything, but just to be the best that I could possibly be, to honor her memory and everything she went through to make sure that I was given the opportunities to be the best that I can be. Not to be a world champion or an Olympic gold medalist, but to be the best that I could be. And that was the most important thing that ever happened in my career.