The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Always desire to learn something useful.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
You never know what motivates you.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Obviously, losing a parent is very difficult. I miss my dad every day, but I know he would be proud to see me continuing to swim and going for another shot at the Olympics.