Angelegenheit / Matter Chance Die meisten / Most Freundschaften / Friendships Häufig / Often Jugend / Adolescence Kindheit / Childhood Wahl / Choice Wohingegen / Whereas
By the time I turned 12, I was a 5-foot 10-inch social disaster. Towering over my friends was the bane of my adolescence.
As a child, the conversations that I liked to have with my friends - or with anyone, for that matter - were always about religion.
There is a very good chance I could have been a screw-up for the rest of my life.
Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is.
In 1981, I spoke at the Olympic Congress. I was scandalised that I was the first athlete to be given that chance. But I made the most of it.
Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends.
I don't have many friends; I'm very much a loner. As a child I was very isolated, and I've never been really close to anyone.
Guardians are necessary for children and abnormal adults, because they cannot make responsible choices for themselves.
Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
