"Stepping up. It's a simple concept. It basically means to rise above yourself; to do a little more, to show you're something special. And life's funny sometimes; it can push pretty hard like when you fall in love with someone but they forget to love you back... Or when you pull the trigger and light the flame and you can't take it back. In sports they call this "stepping up", but in life I call it pushing back."

-One Tree Hill

"Every once in a while people step up, they rise above themselves. Sometimes they surprise you, and sometimes they fall short. Life is funny sometimes, it can push pretty hard, but if you look close enough you find hope in the words of children, in the bars of a song and in the eyes of someone you love. And if you're lucky, and if you're the luckiest person in the entire planet, the person you love decides to love you back."

-One Tree Hill