My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'
From 1965 to 1967, my dad, Jack Gilligan, served in Congress and helped pass landmark laws like the Voting Rights Act.
My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy.
Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.
The Bible is the only credible guide either as to the real relationship between man and the earth and the great Creator of both or concerning the purpose of the creation of both.
I very much believe in values-based leadership and that the values that I believe in and try to govern by are transcendent values.
As the Palestinian leadership never seems to pay any penalty for its words, America's seriousness about the peace process is in doubt.
You can't just lecture the poor that they shouldn't riot or go to extremes. You have to make the means of legal redress available.
[last lines] Madre de Vicente: Why are you crying? Vera Cruz: I'm Vincente.
I only had one player in my 33 years of sports that couldn't be traded. He wore No. 23 - and 45 when he played baseball.
It's mainly a few elite women who benefit greatly from standing with the forces that keep women down.
There are some people who still feel threatened by strong women. That's their problem. It's not mine.
It's not my fault if the media and the public are more interested in Tiger Woods than in women farm workers.
Just remember, if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off"- Cruz
History has shown that one cannot legislate a culture of integrity. And yet, one of the paramount responsibilities and challenges of corporate leadership is to ensure such a culture.
If anybody had a reason to become a delinquent, to become a criminal, to be angry at the man, to be angry at the white man, to be angry at America, it's my dad, but he did not feel that way at all.
God makes me play well. That is why I always make the sign of a cross when I walk out on to the pitch. I feel I would be betraying him if I didn't.
Everybody in Argentina can remember 'the hand of God' in the England match in the 1986 World Cup. Now, in my country, the 'hand of God' has brought us an Argentinian pope.
I have been committed to carrying out my duties... in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of ethics and canons of conduct.
If Iran gets a nuclear weapon, its influence and that of Hamas and Hezbollah are strengthened.
Vera Cruz: writing on the wall: Art keeps you free.
