I am so honored to be named as one of Time's 100 most influential people.

I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.

Most recently, I learned another hobby: baking. It's so much fun to mix all the ingredients and to see the cake come out nice. It's so rewarding when the cake comes out great and tastes great.

I love various sports, including basketball, tennis and billiards.

You learn from your mistakes, and I think it's a good thing as long as you learn something.

I always believe that every one of us is working hard not only for our own performance but also to give something significant back to the societies we live in.

I have a fearless but neutral personality.

It seems to me every one of us is doing something meaningful for this world.

I am very happy since when I am in different cities I can experience and learn different cultures!

I think to be 'tough' means you look relaxed. So you have to be tough to win tournaments. But you don't want to be so tough on yourself.

You always learn something from mistakes.

Music is the song of eternal love which touches the soul and fills us with joy.

No one consciously chooses addiction to a substance or behavior over his partner. There are always reasons – powerful ones – why a person retreats into addiction.

A steadfast heart does not stray from the path.

Two thousand years ago God invited a morally corrupt world to the foot of the cross. There God held your sins and mine to the flames until every last vestige of our guilt was consumed.

Success is a blessing

If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power.

You won't ever be totally gotten by any human. That's part of the fun.

I wake up every morning knowing how ridiculously lucky I am to be able to do what I love for a living, and that sense of wonder never, ever wears off.

What people tell you and how they act is very, very different sometimes.

A novel is what you call something that won't sell if you call it poems or short stories.