“I was once told that I could speak any dream into existence and I haven’t been able to shut up ever since.”

Its never a question about when you’re going to be great, but what you’re going to do with the greatness you already have.

Ruin is the road to transformation.

Happiness is an inside job. Let your pain do it’s magic.

You can’t rush into things that you want to last forever.

People too often forget that we get to choose how something affects us.

Loving and being yourself is the only wave I think everyone should ride on.

“I wish things we different” he said. “we are the ones that make the difference” she said.

The universe never allows you to be comfortable when you are limiting yourself.

“You’re growing in so many ways you don’t even realize yet” said the soul.

You gotta fall in love with your reality.

Let the ocean worry about being blue.

The more you let go. The more you are whole.

The only reason we don’t have what we want in life, is the reasons we create as to why we can’t have them.

As long as you are true to yourself you’ve already won.

I will forever commit to those that push my buttons but make me a better person.

Don’t ignore your intuition just because it’s telling you something you don’t want to hear.

Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.

Shape your heart to front the hour, but dream not that the hours will last.

The support down here in Rio has been amazing – between my family, Team U.S.A. and Team Kellogg’s, I’ve felt so much love. This whole experience has been a dream come true.

I just could never have imagined that I would be mentioned with Chris Evert or with Martina Navratilova, because I was just a kid with a dream and a racquet. Living in Compton, you know, this never happened before.

Fear lives in the mind of doubt. Courage lives in the minds of those who dream.

I wanted to be an actor, like, so, so bad. I took acting classes, I auditioned for Disney, and then I realized how nervous I got with remembering lines.

Even if it doesn’t work out, you’ll be glad you lived when so many only dream of such a thing.

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.