Don't doubt, don't stop... The only 2 things that can stop you is to stop working and start doubting.

Some people like to call me cocky or arrogant, but I just think 'how dare you assume I should think less of myself'

One of my mom's best lines is... You're not training to be the best in the world, you're training to be the best in the world on your worst day.

You have to have fear in order to have courage.

Judo taught me that I am capable of anything... I can mentally push past anything and be victorious.

Life is a fight from the minute you take your first breath to the moment you exhale your last.

I'm scared of failure all the time. But not scared enough to stop trying.

You have to fight because you can't count on anyone else fighting for you. And you have to fight for people who can't fight for themselves. To get anything of real value, you have to fight for it.

One thing that I learned from judo... Maximum efficiency and minimum effort.

I train to be the best in the world on my worst day

It's your purpose to leave the world better than how you found it.

Fanatics are like debris following the course of the wind, they are swept around like sand, and convinced to believe in what they do not understand.

A call to embrace democracy is the worst insult to a society that is still alien to civilisation. It is like being asked to dance to the tune of mob justice.

There's only one thing that everyone in this world has in common: whether you want to love somebody and you want to be loved in return.

I started playing piano when I was around four; thats my first passion.

I think graphic novels are closer to prose than film, which is a really different form.

If you don't have cancer, cherish life. If you do, cherish it even more

All I can do is be faithful with my gift, be faithful with anyone I talk to and let love be my guide and just be gracious with people. God will take care of the rest. I really believe that.

Truth is a point of view, but authenticity can't be faked.

Nothing is more wistful than the scent of lilac, nor more robust than its woody stalk, for we must remember that it is a tree as well as a flower, we must try not to forget this.