My parents were of the opinion, because they had started skating very young, that you should have something that you do that you care about, because it structures your life as you're growing up.
Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.
Science is the only true guide in life.
Our true mentor in life is science.
When an individual passes from one period of life to another a time comes when he cannot go on in senseless activity and excitement as before, but has to understand that although he has out-grown what before used to direct him, this does not mean that he must live without any reasonable guidance, but rather that he must formulate for himself an understanding of life corresponding to his age, and having elucidated it must be guided by it. And in the same way a similar time must come in the growth and development of humanity.
I'm a practicing Catholic. And faith is very, very important to me. It was pounded in my head as a kid, and I hated it. And I sort of lost my way in my 20s and part of my 30s and then found my way back. And I don't know what I'd do without it. It's huge in my life.
I'd lived by quotations, practically all my life.
I believe my father has and always will be the strongest influence in my life, as he has guided me on many paths.
Coach Wooden, when he speaks, you listen. I've taken a lot of things from him and his little blue book because to him, it's not just about basketball, it's about life as well.
Growing up, I was encouraged to get a good education, get a real job doing something I enjoyed, and, should the opportunity present itself, consider public service as just that: a chance to serve, not an end in itself.
I've had faith my whole life that there was someone looking out for me, a spirit guide, a soul guide.
I wrote a book on life coaching, because my life became my own reference point how to live.
I got a little advice for everybody: marry the girl who's going to get you to heaven.
From a very young man, I learned the importance of believing in Jesus Christ, and I have all my life.
Beside each believer stands an Angel as protector and shepherd, leading him to life.
And one perfect day can give clues for a more perfect life.
My father's only advice is to 'do what makes you happy,' and I follow it religiously.
My mother taught me caring and sensitivity towards the feelings of others, animals as well as humans. She gave me much good, practical advice for getting through life.
It is almost impossible for children and youth to find their way through the seas of life without the guiding light of a good example.
Humanity looks to works of art to shed light upon its path and its destiny.
I would never give anybody any advice about anything.
Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.
Real Christians do not carry their religion, their religion carries them. It is not weight, it is wings.
Books and theater were the way I understood the world and also the way I organized my sense of morality, of how to live a good life.
I think right now the way society's going, I think role models are important, and kids need direction. If I didn't have that direction growing up, who knows what I could be doing, because I've been lost many times in my life, and I've had to have someone guide me back on the right path.
