“The mind is the athlete; the body is simply the means it uses to run faster or longer, jump higher, shoot straighter, kick better, swim harder, hit further, or box better. Hoppie's dictum to me, "First with the head and… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
The power of one is above all things the power to believe in yourself, ofen well beyond any latent ability you may have previously demonstrated. The mind is the athlete, the body is simply the means it uses to run… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
“It's who you is when folks knocks at the door of your heart what counts. Hide the past and it gives them what's jealous… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
I watch people get older and lose their intellectual acuity; you lose that sharpness, that cleanness, that brain that you worked so hard on… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
“every man is an island and at the same time also robinson crusoe.” — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
Good conversational debate is an end in itself, and talking for the love of conversation is what makes us human. — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
“I wish to cup knowledge in my hand and drink it as one drinks water by the side of the stream.” — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
You've got to be quick on your feet in this world if you want to survive. Though once you know the rules, it is… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
I knew then that the person on the outside was only a shell, a presence to be seen and provoked. Inside was the real… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
Always listen to yourself... It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention. — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
The only thing I can say that is wonderful about my mother is she forced me to learn three verses of the Bible every… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
I have found in life that everything, no matter how bad, comes to an end. — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
I guess my use-by date is just about up but if I could come back as a storyteller now, I would be jumping over… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
Inside all people there is love, also the need to take care of the other man who is his brother. Inside everyone is a… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
“In teaching me independence of thought, they had given me the greatest gift an adult can give to a child besides love, and they… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
. . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child. — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
