Fathom your motivation so that you understand what you are prepared to do and why.

Before you can act you must choose. Before you can choose you must know. Before you can know you must feel. And before you can feel you must be trained.

Every physical response, every psychological change and every mental transformation starts with the mind.

The moment you establish a line of communication between two points, you subtly change both. That is also true for the way the brain is affected by the mind.

We cannot learn something new and stick to it without a modular approach to application, positive reinforcement and a real change of environment.

Reality is not a thought experiment.

These mental and physical components of self­ belief are closely interlinked. They are used to slowly interweave the per­sonal narratives that very effectively create a powerful sense of identity.

without the mind the body is not capable of delivering anything beyond an average performance.

Confidence, even when under pressure, has a way of turning an impossible situation into just another challenge to be met.

Our insecurities drive us. Our fears control us. We try to hide the first and deny the second and it is exhausting us.

We cannot, of course, disprove God, just as we can't disprove Thor, fairies, leprechauns and the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Single parenthood is hard, but it's simple too. You just do everything yourself.

I love what I do because I get to talk to the people who change the game: the influencers, visionaries who make things happen in music and culture. That's inspiring to me.

I am not an original thinker-but I am an original listener.)

Everybody talks about finding your voice. Do your homework and your voice will find you.

It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.

A good film is also a documentary

Jazz is one of the least learnable art forms.

It's part of the job to compensate for outfit.

Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and again.