Well done is better than well said.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Leap, and the net will appear.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
It's always too early to quit.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
But mostly, it's a book about my relationship with my father.
And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me.