If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.
Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.
''No one is free when others are oppressed.''
''We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. ''
''Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves.''
''The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.''
"Sport strips away personality, letting the white bone of character shine through. Sport gives players an opportunity to know and test themselves. "
"You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go. Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body."