Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.

I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice

These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.

Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.

I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.

I've known for a long time that they're a bunch of idiots.

The most important thing, the thing that unites all of us, is that we can INSPIRE and CHALLENGE one another TO BE BETTER.

If you want to make history, you have to do historic things

Peace doesn’t deny difficulty, but it has an inner calm and quietness even while enduring the difficulty.

They were two lovely choices. One of them meant giving up every chance of a decent life forever...and the other one scared me out of my mind.

Pride is a very dangerous disease that can turn your talent, asset, and achievements into a handicap.

A colorful Chanel bag is a way to mix up anything.

The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.

Passing into higher forms of desire, that which slumbered in the plant, and fitfully stirred in the beast, awakes in the man.

Where does any novelist pick up any character? For the most part, in town, to be sure.

Does God understand you? Find the answer in Bethlehem.

Happiness may well consist primarily of an attitude toward time.

My biggest fear is that a paparazzi or someone ... is going to come in my backyard and see me when I get in my pool. That would be very unfortunate.