I met Sam Phillips when he came in [studio] and I said, I'm John Cash. I'm the one who's been calling. And if you'd listen to me, I believe you'll be glad you did. And he said, come on in. That was a good lesson for me, you know, to believe in myself.

They will be sore tried, by night and by day, without rest-until the victory is won.

Obstacles do not exist to be surrendered to, but only to be broken.

Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself-nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

Prison - far from breaking our spirits - made us more determined to continue with this battle until victory was won.

Success is my only option, failure's not.