I don't talk trash often, but when I do, I go for the jugular.

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.

Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.

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.

Beauty is a female thing. That's why nature is so stunning.

Loud critics are silenced by loud success.

There is a special place in hell for women that will not help one another.

Civilization is the commercialization of survival.

I mean, that's a sad day in America when you're recalled because you did what you said you were going to do, and the public voted you in to do that.

For my part, if I had the power I would insist on all oratorios being sung in the costume of the period - with a possible exception in the case of the Creation.

Forgive us our trespasses," says Margarethe, "and get out of our way.

You have the power to take our country back.

The best would be to have friends who came and went away; but if I had to choose between their never coming or never going away, I think I would choose that they do not come.

I have a large sea shell collection which I keep scattered on beaches all over the world. Maybe you've seen it.