“The only difference between a wish and a prayer is that you're at the mercy of the universe for the first, and you've got some help with the second.”

“Risk always looks different when you're beating the system than when you've been beaten.”

“There's some illogical part of me that still believes if you want Superman to show up, first there's got to be someone worth saving.”

“Or in other words, it's the substance you've got when you start that determines the outcome.”

“What if instead of focusing on what you don't have, you concentrate on what you've got?”

“You know how every now and then, you have a moment where your whole life stretches out ahead of you like a forked road, and even as you choose one gritty path you've got your eyes on the other the whole time, certain that you're making a mistake.”

“You know what the difference is between a dream and a goal?... A plan.”