A man's dignity isn't measured by the people he has around him when he's at the peak of his success, but by his ability not to forget those who helped him when his need was greatest. Paulo Coelho
The unemployment rate has effectively not gone down from where it was at the peak of the recession. The only reason it's gone technically from 10 percent to 8 percent is so many people are discouraged and have quit work. Jim Talent
In an extreme credit crunch, leveraged purchases of gold cause forced sales, because any price correction triggers margin calls. As a result, gold can be very volatile - upward and downward - at the peak of a crisis. Nouriel Roubini
I moved to cricket at a time when I was at the peak of my career, and I can guarantee you that no one else from Bollywood would have done that. Preity Zinta
You can't explain the feeling of singing hit songs to an audience - it's like being a genuine sports star at the peak of their powers. Rick Astley
Serena and I have done some great career planning, and we're playing really at the peak of our tennis right now. I think tennis has been a sport where people play this insane schedule from 14 years old, so of course at 26, it's over. We've really paced ourselves. Venus Williams