"Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
--John Wooden
“The bad things in life make the beautiful things more obvious and powerful. It motivates freedom and progress. Without periodic kicks in the ass, we get stuck in comfort and complacency, where we slowly wither and die. Pain is part of birth. But look at the result. Don't be afraid to live.”
--Markus Rothkranz
“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”
--Ralph Waldo Emerson