Growing up in that fashion is a breeding ground for insecurity and doubt; it also leaves you questioning motives. It took me a long time to see the world as I want it without constantly looking for approval. I still fall, but I’m better suited for survival.

I’m inspired by love, by the moments that we commit to something with all our heart – be it a person, a project, an animal, anything really. It’s undeniably inspiring, that acknowledgment of existence, that I love, that I care. That fills me with purpose.

Life is tough, and it’s really tough when you’re stupid.

In all the history of the boxing game, you’ll find no human interest story to compare with the life narrative of James J. Braddock.

The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that’s the way to bet.

I long ago come to the conclusion that all life is six to five against.

He was a great writer and a great guy,'' Madden said Monday on his KCBS radio show.

One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to come up to you and show you a nice brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken, and this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the Jack of Spades jump out of the deck and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not bet this man, for as sure as you are standing there, you are going to end up with an earful of cider.

Much as he is opposed to law - breaking, he is not bigoted about it

She has a laugh so hearty it knocks the whipped cream off an order of strawberry shortcake on a table fifty feet away.