"If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone."

"My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail."

"The spiral in a snail's shell is the same mathematically as the spiral in the Milky Way galaxy, and it's also the same mathematically as the spirals in our DNA. It's the same ratio that you'll find in very basic music that transcends cultures all over the world."

"As soon as you are trying to be funny or dramatic, that's when things start feeling fake and boring."

"The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause."

"My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down."

"Olympism is the marriage of sport and culture."

"I tried to play every sport. I wasn't great at most of them, but at least I tried!"