I'm looking forward, that's all, I'm not looking backwards.

You really can't worry about stuff you can't control... You need to focus on getting where you need to be and not worry about what could have been and what should have been.

I don't need to do all the trash talking. I try to do it with my fists, my knees, and my feet.

It's all about getting better and controlling the things that you can control, which is getting better day to day.

Even in the losses, I always saw glimpses of something that kept me going.

I've been through a lot of ups and downs. Just willing to get back up and grind every day to try and get better.

What I've learned from those losses... Priceless.

It's about falling down and getting back up.

It's all about... getting back up and getting back to work and striving to be the best you can be.

I did a lot of smoker fights and fought pretty much every week since Pat wouldn't let me fight until he was sure I was ready. I was also boxing and so I had 30 unofficial fights or more of those.

The sport in 2000 wasn't as big as it is now [in 2008].

About the only thing that comes to us without effort is old age.

I just want people to take a step back, take a deep breath and actually look at something with a different perspective. But most people will never do that.

To know Paris is to know a great deal.

You have to be doing something you enjoy. That is a definition of happiness!

Make peace with what is.

There is a great beauty in little things.

The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.

I have a map of the united states .... it's original size ... it says one mile equals one mile.

I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple.

So small as to be negligible. It's strange, but there's something in that thought that makes me feel almost...free.