Do things that make your body and mind scream at you to quit, but don't.

The ladies kept telling me I wasn't good in bed, so I figured if I wasn't a lover then I must be a fighter

My philosophy on getting knocked out is that it renders you unconscious and numb, so why worry about it.

Genius is insanity right up until it works.

There's two things you need to know. One, that you won't quit on yourself, and two, that I've done the work.

Any big task if you look at the grand picture... it seems to big to accomplish, so just watch the footstep in front of you... And that's what I do; try and win little battles every day.

I live below my means because it makes what I do seem less like a job and more like a passion.

Mental toughness must be developed before you start fighting because you don't want to be that guy who quits in the ring.

Control all the variables you can... don't worry about the rest.

If you're humble in defeat, everyone may still kick you, but they won't kick you as much.

Fear is a good thing because it keeps you alive, but if it becomes so great that it hinders you from doing what you want, you need to confront it head-on

As a rule of thumb, it was always safer if the Commander-in-Chief formulated a risky plan.

The cure for pain is in the pain.

The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.

In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass.

I've never been a fan of directors who clutter a piece with all sorts of crazy preconceptions or weird ideas.

while religion is ethical, it by no means follows that ethics is religion.

It's not appeasement to talk to your enemies.

'I am that I am,' said the Eternal. The Eternal - it is the race. One in substance - undifferentiated. One in time - stable and eternal.

Artmaking is making the invisible, visible.

It is the usual consolation of the envious, if they cannot maintain their superiority, to represent those by whom they are surpassed as inferior to some one else.