"To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power."
- Maya Angelou
Love
"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."
- Maya Angelou
Courage
"Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage."
- Maya Angelou
Courage
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
- Maya Angelou
Compassion
"The best part of life is not just surviving, but thriving with passion and compassion and humor and style and generosity and kindness."
- Maya Angelou
Compassion
"The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking."
- Mia Hamm
Achievement
"Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision."
- Muhammad Ali
Achievement
"A bodybuilder is a sculptor who carries with him his own material."
- Serge Nubret
Achievement
"Big battles bring sweet victories."
- Unknown
Achievement
"Champions keep playing until they get it right."
- Billie Jean King
Achievement