Don't whine. Find the positive in difficult situations.

It takes courage to dream big and then to allow nothing to prevent you from realizing that dream.

To some, challenges are exhausting. To others, they are opportunities in waiting.

The smartest thing is knowing that I don't know it all and that there's more to learn.

Have a vision and then create your own reality. Otherwise, someone else may create it for you.

Coaching soccer, like disciplines including journalism, you'll always learn if you're open to it, you'll learn from your players. If that's being smart, fair enough.

When you set a goal, write it down and then it's like making a promise to yourself.

I don't know how smart I am, but I was a student of the game and I still watch games and still pick up things. If you watch individual players you will see genius.

Overseas, kids grow up in a soccer culture. The German player sees the game eons above the American player the same age.

Talent is not enough. It's an important component in a successful performance, but it's really only a starting point.

If I win, I attract other good players and by doing that I win more games.

To become a better you, remember to be grateful to people who have contributed to making you who you are today.

Tell yourself you’re dead, the way Matt does, so the past can’t hurt you.

My mom was a single mom, and she had enough on her plate. I knew when I was doing something I wasn't supposed to, and I tried to keep her from finding out about it. I did a pretty good job of that.

My thought is me: that is why I cannot stop thinking. I exist because I think I cannot keep from thinking.

It is the responsibility of the sender to make sure the receiver understands the message.

For instance, in places like universities, where everyone speaks so rationally, it is necessary for a kind of enchanter to appear.

Ravana was a rakshasa but this rakshasi of untouchability is even more terrible than Ravana.

White fragility! White people are so sensitive about race and racial conversations. I feel like I'm always walking on eggshells when I'm around white people.

I don't really use still photography very much anymore except to document my work.

Madness is confusion of levels of fact. . . . Madness is not seeing visions but confusing levels.