"I pictured myself as a virus...and I tried to sense what it would be like."

''You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.''

"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."

“The air is only the place free from prejudice.”

"The purpose of the Olympics, anyway, was to do your best. As I'd learned long ago...the only victory that counts is the one over yourself."

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

"I still don't see why I have to wear a darn old dress!"

"I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn."

"If your hate could be turned into electricity, it would light up the whole world."