“It's who you is when folks knocks at the door of your heart what counts. Hide the past and it gives them what's jealous of you the power to bring you undone.”

“It's not what a man does, it's what a man is that counts!”

“You can't go feeding your hate on the past, it's not natural.”

“Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it.”

“It's good to be a little frightened. It's good to respect your opponent. It keeps you sharp. In the fight game, the head rules the heart. But in the end the heart is the boss.”

“what is a german? to say a man is a german, what is that? does it tell you if he is a good man? or a bad man? no, my friend, it tells you nothing about a man to say he is german. a man must think what he is inside. what he is on the outside, how can this matter?”

“It's nothing to be ashamed of. There comes a time in everything when you don't know something.”