All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.

In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.

Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.

You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.

I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here.

I grew up poor, but I didn't have poor dreams

Because if you're going to lose, lose. I'm serious.

I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says 'No', then you have to knock on the next door.

Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had.

I am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.

When I'm under the gun and I've got pressure on me, I don't panic. I look for the right solution, and then I go for it.

Creativity is the elixir of life.

I beg your pardon, sir, said the Frenchman. I am not a coloniser.Well, let’s talk Algeria then. Let’s talk about your culture and your celebrated writers.

And from the coffin of your madness there is no escape.

You have to be a warrior and say, "Maybe it's everyone else's system, but it's not mine." (from her recent interview here, on Goodreads)

Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success.

We never exchange more than three words with a Friend in our lives on that level to which our thoughts and feelings almost habitually rise.

The spread of nuclear weapons is the greatest threat facing the country-and I would argue facing humanity.

It is interesting that the investment industry has invented new ways to lose money when the old ways seemed to work just fine.

I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form.