“The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, "Did I make the best use of the time I had?”

“Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.”

“From what we get, we can make a living. What we give; however, makes a life.”

“If I were to say, "God, why me?" about the bad things, then I should have said, "God, why me?" about the good things that happened in my life.”

“Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering on.”

“You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.”

“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.”