A war is fought with an army, but you are alone in the battle. One who couldn't save himself will try to save others. It is the battle that will give revealation that he can stand up only for himself. Those who fell has fallen because of their own choice

It was not the privileged and the fortunate who took in the Jews in France. It was the marginal and damaged, which should remind us that there are real limits to what evil and misfortune can accomplish. If you take away the gift of reading, you create the gift of listening. If you bomb a city, you leave behind death and destruction. But you create a community of remote misses. If you take away a mother or a father, you cause suffering and despair. But one time in ten, out of that despair rises as indomitable force. You see the giant and the shepherd in the Valley of Elah and your eye is drawn to the man with sword and shield and the glittering armor. But so much of what is beautiful and valuable in the world comes from the shepherd, who has more strength and purpose than we ever imagine.

Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with the wind.

We fought through adversity all season long. We've come from behind. We can do it all.

We have to overcome that adversity. I think that we are dealing with it well.

It was 53 minutes of playing great hockey. You have to find a way to push yourselves when adversity strikes. Sometimes you've got to push your body beyond what it wants to do.