To persevere, I think, is important for everybody. Don’t give up, don’t give in. There’s always an answer to everything.
All I want to tell young people is that you’re not going to be anything in life unless you learn to commit to a goal. You have to reach deep within yourself to see if you are willing to make the sacrifices.
I’d made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.
However dark the night, however dim our hopes, the light will always follow darkness.
If I can take it, I can make it.
The one who forgives never brings up the past to that person’s face. When you forgive, it’s like it never happened. True forgiveness is complete and total.
Yet a part of you still believes you can fight and survive no matter what your mind knows. It’s not so strange. Where there’s still life, there’s still hope. What happens is up to God.
People tell me, “You’re such an optimist”. Am I an optimist? An optimist says the glass is half full. A pessimist says the glass is half empty. A survivalist is practical. He says, “Call it what you want, but just fill the glass.” I believe in filling the glass.
God knew my needs and took care accordingly.
That’s one thing you learn in sports. You don’t give up; you fight to the finish.