For I dipp'd into the future, far as human eye could see,Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be;Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails,Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales;Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'd a ghastly dewFrom the nations' airy navies grappling in the central blue.

For me, vision is just about the most important thing. So goggles play a huge role in my sport. I come to the competition with a bunch of different goggles and tons of different lenses in multiple tints. The weather can always be changing, and you have to have the right thing to make sure you can see perfectly.

What should exist? To me, that's the most exciting question imaginable. What do we need that we don't have? How can we realize our potential?

I always dream about that type of moment. In my head, I always kind of create that scenario, just about, like, some type of winning shot or block that's going to, like, really get the crowd into it.

All great men are delusional. How else could they be crazy enough to think they could change the world?

Bible says, "Know where you are headed, and you will stay on solid ground.

The fate of mankind, as well as religion, depends on the emergence of a new faith in the future. Armed with such a faith, we might find it possible to resanctify the earth.

You need a plan to build a house. To build a life, it is even more important to have a plan or goal.

A vision without a task is but a dream. A task without a vision is drudgery. But a vision and a task are the hope of the world.

You can't hit a target you cannot see, and you cannot see a target you do not have.

In the knowledge economy everyone is a volunteer, but we have trained our managers to manage conscripts.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.