I draw from the crowd a lot.

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.

An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry very exciting, unstable, and interactive.

A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone.

I'm not a textbook player. I'm a gut player.

The focus of education should not be on suppressive information but on kindling the thirst for knowing.

Stop saying "right" to me. I'm starting to feel hostile.

If an architect's ego is very small, he is done for it; if it is vast then he might make some very important contributions.

Practice makes the master.

I'd like to do a pop album with an R and B influence. I definitely want to have those big ballads with the uptempo hits as well.

At the end of the day, the only thing I can do is keep working on it, keep giving myself chances, and it's going to happen.

I die in perfect composure and resignation to the will of my Creator, God.