Your trials and difficulties are a golden opportunity for joy.

Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world" (John 16:33).

Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.

Be nobody's darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around You like a shawl, To parry stones To keep you warm.

One man with courage is a majority.

The times of COVID are extremely risky.

Every day, you got to do adjustments. Every pitch. You got to do what it takes.

I wasn't the tallest kid when I was little.

True greatness comes not when things go always good for you; but true greatness comes when you are really tested, when you have taken some knocks, faced some disappointments, when sadness comes. Because only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be atop the highest mountain.

Only those who never step, never stumble.

We climb mountains because the valleys are full of cemeteries. The secret of survival is to climb, even in the dark, even when the climb seems pointless. The climb, not the summit, is the thing. And the great don't just climb mountains, they carve them as they go. Korczak

It is often during the worst of times that we see the best of humanity—awakening within the most ordinary of us that which is most sublime.