"My father was never anti-anything in our house."

"A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it."

"Rather than viewing a brief relapse back to inactivity as a failure, treat it as a challenge and try to get back on track as soon as possible."

"The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more."

"I can't afford to die I'd lose too much money."