I knew exactly how he felt because I had walked in his shoes, wary and distrustful, unable to believe anybody could care about me without asking for something in return.

My skill didn't lie in planning battles, only in fighting them.

Because it takes more courage to heal the world's hurts than to inflict them.

Pull yourself together. People among the living still need your help, and I haven't given you permission to quit.

--anger because pain would drown me without the protective shell.

...as if prayers ever put out a fire.

You can manage your life by only your time

Went in at the one ear and out at the other.

You don't take it personally. You understand that if people are angry that somehow the government is failing, then they are going to look to the guy who represents government.

Innocence and optimism have one basic failing: they have no fundamental depth.

I'm surprised that I've survived my own dysfunction, really.

Lawyers are operators of the toll bridge across which anyone in search of justice has to pass.

I had some shots that I felt like I should've made; I just didn't make them. I'm not going to shoot the ball great every night.

President Obama attacks success and therefore under President Obama we have less success and I will change that.

Nine out of ten delinquents are frustrated actors.

To double your net worth, double your self-worth. Because you will never exceed the height of your self-image.