I've got to confess I'm a pragmatic optimist myself.

When you respond to life, that's positive; when you react to life, that's negative.

An optimist is someone who goes after Moby Dick in a rowboat and takes the tartar sauce with him.

It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about the pessimist. The word 'pessimist' was not in our vocabulary at that time. It's a modern 'invention' which I believe we should 'dis-invent.'

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.

Champions invariably have fervent philosophical beliefs. Philosophy, in its simplest terms, means 'the love of wisdom.'