Athlete

"The world's a puzzle; no need to make sense out of it." - Socrates"

🇺🇸Ronda Rousey

Art

b. 1987

"People say to me all the time, "You have no fear." I tell them, "No, that's not true. I'm scared all the time. You have to have fear in order to have courage. I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person."

🇬🇧Roger Bannister

Medicine

1929–2018

"We run, not only because we think it is doing us good, but … because it helps us to do other things better."

🇺🇸Bill Rodgers

Sports

b. 1947

"No one who works 40 hours a week will beat me in a marathon."

"Focus on making yourself better, not on thinking that you are better."

"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other."

Tigran Petrosian

Literature

1929–1984

"They say my chess games should be more interesting. I could be more interesting - and also lose."

🇺🇸Sakyong Mipham

Education

b. 1962

"Like gravity, karma is so basic we often don't even notice it."

🇺🇸Dave Bautista

Entertainment

b. 1969

"People look at me, and they have a certain perception, and they slap a label on me. The guy you saw in a wrestling ring is not who I am."

🇨🇦Nancy Greene

Sports

b. 1943

"You have to have a real love of your sport to carry you through all the bad times."

Rati Tsiteladze

Entertainment

b. 1987

"One will not break through to the enemy with theory. Directness is most important, when in front of the lion’s den…"