I don't want to have a good fight, I don't want to have an exciting fight, I want to have a finish.

Sure, fear can protect us from danger—but most of the time it just keeps us from life’s great adventures.

It's not the man who pushes himself the hardest... it's the man who pushes himself the hardest after it gets painful.

You have to believe that you deserve great things. You have to believe that you deserve to win each fight that you're in. You have to believe that you deserve to become a champion.

Laziness is contagious just like hard work is. I didn't give myself an opportunity to be lazy and I didn't surround myself with people who are lazy.

Integrity eclipses image.

Don't focus on the wins and losses... focus your efforts on performing to your full potential.

Hard work pays off if you're patient enough to see it through.

The awful part of the writing game is that you can never be sure the stuff is any good.

Fall seven times, Stand up eight

Most people already know what they're doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.

You have to trust your body to take care of you.

Thats the hard part about sport: as men we havent started to be in our prime, but as athletes we are old people. I needed support. I lost trust and did stupid things.

Ours is a post-Christian world in which Christianity, not only in the number of Christians but in cultural emphasis and cultural result, is no longer the consensus or ethos of our society.

The music is mine. Theres nothing to hide behind. Thats where you see the real person.

In loss itself I find assuagement: having lost the treasure, I've nothing to fear.

It was a nightmare having cameras in the house 10 hours a day for a month.

Stamina is the force that drives the drumming; it's not really a sprint.