What I'm TRYING to do is GET this message out about self-empowerment, entrepreneurial spirit and true Americanism - the way we were when we changed the world, when Edison was alone, FAILING his 2,000th time on the lightbulb.

We LIVE in a world of shifting VALUES. The FAMILY is FALLING apart. PARENTS failing in what they ought to do.

My YEARS with failing vision have prompted me to LEARN about the nature of the eye and the incredible GIFT of sight, which I had ALWAYS taken for granted until it began to slip away.

If you can't compete FAIRLY, HONESTLY, effectively, no GOVERNMENT should INTERVENE. Now, some governments do. They prop up failing industries.

I don't want to walk in the MIDDLE. I want people to read what I write and FEEL strongly about it. If, at some point, whatever I am doing is failing to elicit a response, WHETHER it's very positive or very negative, then I am going to STOP doing it.

Let's face it: Most of us don't realize it, but we are failing our kids as reading role models. The BEST role models are in the HOME: brothers, fathers, grandfathers; MOTHERS, sisters, grandmothers. Moms and dads, it's IMPORTANT that your kids see you reading. Not just BOOKS - reading the newspaper is good, too.

Del Bosque was axed by Madrid for failing to retain the Champions League in 2003 but his sacking triggered the start of a SPELL when they won nothing for four YEARS and failed to get BEYOND the Champions League's last 16.

I have accused L.B. MANAGEMENT of FAILING to report to me, and I've told L.B. Management the money is missing, and it COULD very WELL be embezzled.

I used to think that my BUSINESS mirrored my CLIMBING - if I wasn't failing at something, I just wasn't TRYING ANYTHING hard ENOUGH.