Michael Sliney

“We need never be ashamed of our tears.” – Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

But I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road- there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.” ~ Bjorn Borg

“He who masters the grey everyday is a hero.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Drawing good out of good is not so hard. But God alone, in his omnipotence, his love and his wisdom, can draw good from evil.” Fr. Jacques Phillipe