“Now I've been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I hav...” — Harriet Tubman Quote

Now I've been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I have seen hundreds of escaped slaves, but I never saw one who was willing to go back and be a slave.

Never wound a snake; kill it.

I never had anything good, no sweet, no sugar; and that sugar, right by me, did look so nice, and my mistress's back was turned to me while she was fighting with her husband, so I just put my fingers in the sugar bowl to take one lump, and maybe she heard me, for she turned and saw me. The next minute, she had the rawhide down.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

I'm not one for dwelling on the past, and you're only as good as your last game, your last race, and if you can bounce back into a stellar performance... every race is basically a proving ground to show what you can do.

When you start out in a team, you have to get the teamwork going and then you get something back.

I started wrestling when I was 15 years old, and back when I was world champion, I was wrestling 7 nights a week.

Every day I go to my study and sit at my desk and put the computer on. At that moment, I have to open the door. It's a big, heavy door. You have to go into the Other Room. Metaphorically, of course. And you have to come back to this side of the room. And you have to shut the door.