Every endeavour pursued with passion produces a successful outcome, regardless of the result. For it is not about winning or losing – rather, the effort put forth in producing the outcome.

Progress is built, in effect, upon the foundations of necessary failure. That is the essential paradox of expert performance.

When two peoples share a common passion: they are capable of empathising with each other's misery.

Mere experience, if it is not matched by deep concentration, does not translate into excellence.

Creativity is, in many respects, a response.

Marginal gains is not about making small changes and hoping they fly. Rather, it is about breaking down a big problem into small parts in order to rigorously establish what works and what doesn't.

It's a very brave thing to fall in love. You have to be willing to trust somebody else with your whole being, and that's very difficult, really difficult and very brave.

Nobody hates being lied to more than a liar.

What you say is not as important as who you are when you're saying it.

There is a thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage... between compromise - even calculated risk - and irresponsibility and capitulation.

To be a leader you must be able to create positive change.

Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry.

Enlightenment, peace, and joy will not be granted by someone else. The well is within us, And if we dig deeply in the present moment, The water will spring forth.

That Indians are lawless people, I would change that because it's probably the most harmful stereotype.

When it comes to female fan attention, I'm married, so obviously I avoid the places where you might get unwanted female attention - clubs and social environments, bars and public spaces.