I've got to say that is - the highest emotion of the human experience is going down in a plane knowing your… — Louis Zamperini Copy Share Image
I couldn't speak English. I'm in kindergarten, and the only reason I got through to first grade is because I cheated. — Louis Zamperini Copy Share Image
All I did was pray to God, every day. In prison camp, the main prayer was, 'Get me home alive, God, and… — Louis Zamperini Copy Share Image
Someone who doesn't make the (Olympic) team might weep and collapse. In my day no one fell on the track and cried like a… — Louis Zamperini Copy Share Image
The kids started teasing me to get me to swear in Italian. Two or three months, I started retaliating. I found out I could… — Louis Zamperini Copy Share Image
You have to reach deep within yourself to see if you are willing to make the sacrifices. — Louis Zamperini Copy Share Image
Pain is that last quarter of a mile. You feel it, but when you’re through racing, your whole body just feels elated. So the… — Louis Zamperini Copy Share Image
The great commandment is that we preach the gospel to every creature, but neither God nor the Bible says anything about forcing it down… — Louis Zamperini Copy Share Image
Even at my age, I'm trying to improve. Never give up, no matter what. Even if you get last place - finish. — Louis Zamperini Copy Share Image
To persevere, I think, is important for everybody. Don't give up, don't give in. There's always an answer to everything. — Louis Zamperini Copy Share Image
Yet a part of you still believes you can fight and survive no matter what your mind knows. It's not so strange. Where there's… — Louis Zamperini Copy Share Image
