I'm a very modest person. But I'm also extremely confident. And if you put me in the situation or in the moment, I'm gonna have some swagger, I'm gonna have some cockiness

Anyone can see the adversity in a difficult situation, but it takes a stronger person to see the opportunity.

Never let anyone in life tell you that you can't have something that you are willing to work for.

I can't get through the gate. The gate is narrow.

Sometimes all you need is just for somebody to believe in you in order to be able to accomplish maybe what you never thought you could.

Think about winning the day... if you are worried about the mountain in the distance, you might trip over the molehill right in front of you.

You can always be a little bit better.

There's always a little bit of personal satisfaction when you prove somebody wrong.

My No. 1 priority, and it always has been this, is keeping our team together and making sure we have the right guys in the right positions to make a run at this for a long time.

Each and every year I feel like I've gotten a little bit better and that's always been my goal, was just to get a little bit better

It has been an interesting road, but I wouldn't trade any of it for the world, because I feel like all of those instances in my life I felt molded me and strengthened me and made me who I am.

I tell you the truth, if you will leave your life based on the whims and caprices of men, you shall be like the corn in popcorn machine

A lot of what we experience as strength comes from knowing what to do with weakness. Nickel and Dimed On (Not) Getting By in America

I just sit there and try to think of stuff that I could do that's a little different but still not step outside of who I am.

We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.

In the beginning, when I was trying to write, I couldnt turn off the outside world to the extent that I can now.

[when asked by his secretary if she should destroy all files that were over ten years old] Yes, but keep copies.

When I meditate, I feel I am vast, very vast.

People no longer know how to apologize, which is particularly noticeable among athletes, politicians, and entertainment figures.

Most people are trying to go digital, and trying to do different things with poetry. McSweeney's is going in the opposite direction - going more classic, and retro, which is all coming back.