* "Looks are truly only skin deep. The human heart is so much bigger than that. We all have fears. Looking in the mirror breaks the fear, allows us to see who we really are."
* "Handicapped people are no different from anyone else. They need to take risks, to be allowed to fulfill themselves. They need to be challenged and to challenge themselves."
* "A parent's love for their child is a great gift. From it, the child learns to love himself."
* "God did not make us perfect. We are human. God loves us just as we are, and it is okay to make mistakes. God understands that, even when we can't."
* "I believe that my life has been 'steered from on high,' directed by God, who doesn't order anything for you but who directs what goes on and in what direction a person should go."
* "Everyone can win the gold as I did. Each and every one of us wins gold, no matter what we do. We win by rearing our families with love and dedication, or simply by just doing our job as best as we can, with pride and a sense of accomplishment. It doesn't matter what our job is. A street sweeper can have just as much pride in what he does as Beethoven did when he wrote his greatest symphony. We must always remember, though, those who supported us along the way, those that made our dream become a possibility. Then we are all winners."