Each time you decide to grow again, you realize you're starting at the bottom of another ladder.

Best advice is this: Work hard. Nothing is given to you.

For as many people as I quote-unquote lost respect from, I gained respect from a lot more. I know that's a fact.

You can't equate the game we play to a war. Kellen Winslow said he's a soldier. No, he's not. This is not a war...not a good comparison.

Nobody's bigger than the game of baseball. You ask pitchers from 10-15-20 years ago. That's normal. Part of the game.

I started a second novel seven times and I had to throw them away.

Earth is so thick with divine possibility that it is a wonder we can walk anywhere without cracking our shins on altars.

A woman is only as good as the peace and light she radiates.

To understand Afghanistan, you have to face the stress the average Afghan deals with.

It is not our job to apply laws that have not yet been written.

We weren't meant to be somebody--we were meant to know Somebody

I grew up in Hawaii so I was outside a lot playing in the water.

If you are worried about what others might think and about how your position in the group might be jeopardized, then you will never really create anything.

I have tried to be as eclectic as I possibly can with my professional life, and so far it's been pretty fun.

I had a definite sense of somehow being a passenger in an evil vehicle crusing through Paradise.