I can't wait to shock the doubters and prove I'm better and stronger than I was before.

All the days that you wake up you have one job and that's to get better, every single day.

I wanna be great. I'm going to be great. There's no doubt about it.

Hard work isn't enough. You got to believe

As long as I have my faith in God, I'm good. I know everything else is going to come.

You've got one job, and that is to get better.

Whatever your goal is: dedicate yourself to it and it's going to be a lot of sacrifice, but if you love what you want to do, it shouldn't be a problem.

I still have goals. Seeing those doubters out there, it's gonna be funny seeing them eat their words.

My thing is just staying positive. Find that thing you love doing and dedicate yourself to it. You're going to have to sacrifice a lot of things if you want to achieve the goals you want to achieve.

I will say, just being here, God is good, man.

We got to win. Win no matter what. Trip, kick somebody, fight, bite. Whatever. Win.

Is it not the same distance to God everywhere?

Position yourself with something that captures your curiosity, something that you're missionary about.

There is little man has made that approaches anything in nature, but a sailing ship does. There is not much man has made that calls to all the best in him, but a sailing ship does.

Some people are naturally thin and some people are naturally heavier. It doesn't mean that bigger is healthier, or much thinner is healthier, it's on an individual basis.

Writing is like the life of a glacier; one eternal grind.

Here I stand, hobbled in a sack of doom, determined to tear out of it, knowing that I will.

I began my writing career in a very isolated place and time.

Your profits reflect the success of your customers.

Racism is a grown-up disease and we must stop using our children to spread it.

I don't think there would be many examples of South Africa pushing its weight around the African Continent. I don't think the facts would substantiate that argument.