Be an individual, work hard, study, get your mind straight, and trust nobody.

The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber.

In life, you learn lessons. And sometimes you learn them the hard way. Sometimes you learn them too late.

And so today, in this year of war, 1945, we have learned lessons - at a fearful cost - and we shall profit by them.

Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.