I wasn't good enough. I had a little talent but not enough. There is nothing more discouraging than having just a little talent.
The dark shadow we seem to see in the distance is not really a mountain ahead, but the shadow of the mountain behind - a shadow from the past thrown forward into our future. It is a dark sludge of historical sectarianism. We can leave it behind us if...
I'm not the kind of person who's going to look at the top of a mountain and go, 'Oh, look at that! That's lovely. That's lovely, that top of that mountain.' I'm the kind of person who's going to go, 'Oh, my God! That's so lovely! Let's go climb up it...
When I am about to have a difficult project, I dream I am climbing a mountain. When everything is going fine, I dream I am going down the mountain.
We are not at the pinnacle of our power, of our existence. We have scrambled to the top of an ant-hill at the bottom of the world’s highest mountain. We have long way still to climb.” - The Blue Mountain
It was night and I could see a large and calm lake, reflecting the moon. Black mountains rose around it. I arrived from between two of these mountains, I looked at the lake and the moon, and that was it, nothing else happened.
Gimli: That road there... where does that lead? Legolas: It is the road to the Dimholt, the door under the mountain. Eomer: None who venture there ever return. That mountain is evil.
Look at you, all Rocky Horror Picture Ho.
For me, personally, Detroit is a melting pot for everything. We get the best from the East Coast, West Coast and down South.
I would like to be remembered as a boxer who tried to do his best.
Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
Generally when there's a lot of smoke... there's just a whole lot more smoke.
Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.
Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are.
I want my fights to be seen as plays that have a beginning, a middle and an end.
I remember all the important fights. Vividly. In detail.
I loved 'Rocky' and 'Rambo', and am very proud of them.
I am still quick at 250 to 260 lbs and I am smarter.
If the media didn't know I played chess, there'd be no angle on me at all.
I never did think I had brain damage.
You can't do nothing but try if you still got it in your heart.
