“The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.”

“He grabbed her by the waist, and Beckett and Kyle made dancing an Olympic sport”

“The noblest search is the search for excellence”

“Someone who can search for something is happy. Searching gives a meaning to life. Nowadays it’s not so easy to find something you might be looking for. The most important thing, however, is the search itself, the way you take. It’s not so important where it leads. that’s why my characters are always looking for something, maybe only a cat, a sheep or a wife, but that is at least the beginning of a story.”

“What is the search for the next great compelling application but a search for the human identity?”

“The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.”