“He who starts behind in the great race of life must forever remain behind or run faster than the man in front.”

It is not your environment, it is you- the quality of your mind, the integrity of your soul and the determination of your will that will decide your future and shape your life.

It isn’t more light we need, it isn’t more truth, and it isn’t more scientific data. It is more Christ, more courage, more spiritual insight to act on the light we have.

A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.

It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture.

It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.

Many well-meaning intelligent people have argued since the May 17, 1954, decision of the United States Supreme Court outlawing segregation in the public schools that communication between the races has broken down.

The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach

We, today, stand on the shoulders of our predecessors who have gone before us. We, as their successors, must catch the torch of freedom and liberty passed on to us by our ancestors. We cannot lose in this battle.

[H]owever hard the road, however difficult today, tomorrow things will be better. Tomorrow may not be better, but we must believe that it will be.

The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.

The circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.

For nearly a century, the South made itself believe that Negroes and white people were really communicating. So convinced of this were the white Southerners that they almost made the nation believe that they, and only they, knew the mind of the Southern Negro.

It isn’t a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.

Failure isn’t in not reaching your goal but in having no goal to reach.

If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.

Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.

I feel 100% a Yamaha rider in my heart. I had a long career and raced with several factory bikes, but the highlight of my career is undoubtedly with Yamaha.

I have so much respect for my opponents; many of them watched the races as little children and were supporting me!

In my opinion we are at the limit now, and 17 races is really too much. With all the testing that we do now, it means we’re always on the bike and it’s quite difficult.

To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races.

My approach to the races hasn’t changed in my 20-year career. If I have the chance to attack and to pass, I do it, trying to get the best possible result.

I’m lucky because I don’t feel too much pressure – it’s only in the last hour before the race, and even then it’s good, positive pressure.

I’m very happy because I won a lot. I’ve won races and lived in a world that just gave me joy, so I remember it very positively.

I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.