I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that's what I've always wanted.

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.

A wise quote can only change a wise man! Therefore, wise sayings are for the wise men, not for the fools! The sunflowers turn their face toward the Sun, the fools, toward the darkness!

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

Lonely world if you don’t have anyone to rule over.

He hit that one like an arrow

I think I definitely got scared by the second or third time a doctor told me I was dying.

Of course the success of A Boy's Own Story took me utterly off guard.

My narrators tend to be women with low self-esteem, so I can send them to charm school.

Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed.

I called the hotel operator and she said, "How can I direct your call?" I said, "Well, you could say 'Action!', and I'll begin to dial. And when I say 'Goodbye', then you can yell 'Cut!'"

I am a pretty, useless ornament who always believed she'd have a man to take care of her.