As I started opening up and talking about my issues, I felt strength, not vulnerability.

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"I think everything is possible as long as long as you put your mind, work and time into it."

- Michael Phelps

Belief

"I’ve been to the darkest places, but I’ve also been to the brightest places."

- Michael Phelps

Hope

"I can only control my performance. If I do my best, then I can feel good at the end of the day."

- Michael Phelps

Self-awareness

"I'm doing this for me. If I don't become as successful as you all think I would be or should be and you think it tarnishes my career, then that's your own opinion. I'm doing this because I want to come back and I enjoy being in the pool and I enjoy being in the sport of swimming."

- Michael Phelps

Self-awareness

"In business, words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality."

- Michael Phelps

Integrity

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"The Lord is sending more exceptional spirits to earth. As a body they excel the average capacity of their forebears. Their potential for personal growth and positive contribution is enormous."

- Elder Richard G. Scott

Empowerment

"As leaders of the Church, there isn’t anything in this world we wouldn’t do that’s right for you. We have great confidence in you. You are not just ordinary young men and young women. You are choice spirits, many of you having been held back in reserve for almost 6,000 years to come forth in this day, at this time, when the temptations, responsibilities, and opportunities are the very greatest."

- President Ezra Taft Benson

Empowerment

"Women challenge the status quo because we are never it."

- Cindy Gallop

Empowerment

"We don’t just sit around and wait for other people. We just make, and we do."

- Arlan Hamilton

Empowerment

"Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness."

- Oprah Winfrey

Empowerment