"This young wine may have a lot of tannins now, but in five or 10 years it is going to be spectacular, despite the fact that right now it tastes like crude oil. You know this is how it is supposed to taste at this stage of development." — Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-American violinist, born 1945
"Sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left." — Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-American violinist, born 1945
"Shadows cannot see themselves in the mirror of the sun." — Eva Peron, 25th First Lady of Argentina, born 1919
"I want to own a network where you can turn it on with your family all day long and get positive reinforcement." — Tyler Perry, American actor, born 1969
"In order to maintain a well-balanced perspective, the person who has a dog to worship him, should also have a cat to ignore him." — Peterborough Examiner, Ontario
"I don't like to risk my life, so I prepare sometimes for months or sometimes for years. But sometimes after a walk, I look what I have done, and I have a little bit of fear coming to me, just looking at pictures." — Philippe Petit, High wire artist, born 1949
"The energy of the crowd is insane. Twenty thousand people. It's the biggest jolt of adrenaline. It's very hard to explain. You know the old story about the woman lifting the car off her kid? It's in that realm. You can actually hurt yourself and not know it." — Tom Petty, American singer, born 1950
"I feel sorry for kids these days. They get so much homework. Remember the days when we put a belt around our two books and carried them home? Now they're dragging a suitcase. They have school all day, then homework from six until eleven. There's no time left to be creative." — Tom Petty, American singer, born 1950
"He’s a monster. He’s a very nice horse. He’s a freak. We haven’t had a Triple Crown winner in years. He’s a great horse. I tried to be close to him. I kept following him and my horse ran very, very good. We had no excuses. The best horse won the race." — Irad Ortiz, jockey of Mubtaahij
"I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That's where I belong." — Michael Phelps, American swimmer, born 1985