“My father always used
to say that when you die,
if you've got five real friends,
then you've had a great life.”

“To win a championship, you've got to have a nucleus of five or six real tough, hard competitors. To win anything, the team's got to think tough and that infiltrates into the individual. You've got to have a tough leader.”

Jack Gibson (1929–2008) Australian rugby league player and coach

“I love the life you've always made so sweet for me and I'd regret it if I had to die.'
'Do you mean to say that if I left you---'
'I'd die, yes.'
'Then you love me?”

Alexandre Dumas book The Count of Monte Cristo

“Always knowing you're going to die
And until then knowing you've got to live.”

Henry Rollins (1961) American singer-songwriter

“To be a real man or woman, you've got to know what you believe in. You've got to understand that your actions have consequences and that they are connected to everything that you are.”

Sister Souljah (1964) American hip hop-generation author, activist, recording artist, and film producer

“I would say the main thing in any young kid's life is education. Even if a guy is prejudiced, he can be educated to understand why he is prejudiced. Education plays a great role in all life, whether you're black or white. You've got to go to high school, you've got to go to college. When you come out of college or high school, you can play sports. If you ever get hurt, they can't take that brain away from you, you've got that.”

Willie Mays (1931) Baseball player

“Calvin: Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend.
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Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist

“You've got to gather yourself, you've got to give the speech, go see the Governor-General, do all of that. And then you get to have a few drinks with friends, so that's not that hard.”

Julia Gillard (1961) Australian politician and lawyer, 27th Prime Minister of Australia

“You've got to understand life, understand it when you're young.”

Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator

“Love while you've got
love to give.
Live while you've got
life to live.”

Piet Hein (1905–1996) Danish puzzle designer, mathematician, author, poet