Being a leader, it's the art of trying to find the balance, the right times with each individual and what they need at that moment. It requires looking outward as opposed to looking inside.

I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice

These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.

Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.

I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.

I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.

I've known for a long time that they're a bunch of idiots.

The most important thing, the thing that unites all of us, is that we can INSPIRE and CHALLENGE one another TO BE BETTER.

We've got ego's like hairdos.

However much your life may have become an expression of creativity, of generosity of spirit, there's always the further possibility of more or just expressing it in different ways.

There is no man so friendless but that he can find a friend sincere enough to tell him disagreeable truths.

His Labor is a Chant - His Idleness -a Tune - Oh, for a Bee's experience Of Clovers, and of Noon!

I've been given so much, and if I can just give back a tenth of what I've been given, then it's all worth it.

If you really want a true confrontation, you treat your opponent with respect.

Creativity is at the root of love and meaning in this life.

Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague.

This is Morbidia," said Vlad. "Although she's been calling herself Tracy lately, to be cool.