1. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.”
2. “Erase the word ‘failure’ from your vocabulary. No case is ever truly closed, and no challenge is ever over.”
3. “We can push ourselves further. We always have more to give.”
4. “No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal.”
5. “When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening any more.”
6. “You can’t always be the best. You have to remember that everyone makes mistakes sometimes.”
7. “Overpower. Overtake. Overcome.”
8. “Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don’t settle for them.”
9. “This ability to conquer oneself is no doubt the most precious of all things sports bestows.”
10. “The potential for greatness lives within each of us.”
11. “I’m very task-oriented. The idea of constantly pursuing something with purpose helps me to stay focused.”
12. “No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.”
13. “Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you’ll never know. I truly believe what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Even if you fail, learning and moving on is sometimes the best thing.”
14. “To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.”
15. “I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.”
16. “You can always say, ‘I wish I had landed that triple flip better, or I wish I didn’t fall.’ They’re not regrets, just mistakes.”
17. “When you fall, get right back up. Just keep going, keep pushing it.”
18. “I don’t run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.”