Always think of passing the ball before shooting it.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Passion is momentary love is enduring.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

It is the road you take that decides your destiny and not your destiny that decides the road you take.

Trust can never be earned, but can only be given. But once you have it, you can damn sure lose it.

A child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort.

The most beautiful part is the traveling, and getting to know different cultures and different types of people and to perform in very, very important venues in each country.

You may know the intractability of a disease by its long list of remedies.

Whatever merit there is in anything that I have written is simply due to the fact that when I was a child my mother daily read me a part of the Bible and daily made me learn a part of it by heart.

The risk of failure is part of the fun of what I do.

Just start. Start now. Fail often. Enjoy the ride.

If every Christian family brought in a child who needed a family we would put the foster care system out of business.

I feel physically ill if I don't make work, I don't create. I don't feel very good. I don't feel right, I feel wrong.