I'd defend myself. But I don't go around shoving people around; that's not me at all - that's for a cop. I'm not into that type of behavior at all.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go.

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.

I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.

There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black Sabbath.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching.

Nonviolence aims at doing no harm to living being. Compassion aims at doing good to all being.

I have found heaven on earth, since heaven is God, and God is in my soul.

I think the biggest challenge is to continue on the same path. I think it's easy to become complacent from the success you've had.

Most men die at 25, we just don't bury them until they are 70.

I have been a Professor Emeritus since 1958, and have continued my scientific studies.

There is a way out, but the way out is really a way within.

I'm just so excited. We all are. We've been waiting for this [the gold medal] for years now and it's finally here. This meant so much. It just felt so good.

The point is just to create a discipline for making sure that you're creating material.

Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing. You are just talking.