I'm reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.

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.

It's easy to teach, give lesson to other, passing comments, but hard to learn when it comes to yourself.

There was a big possibility that I would have had to leave Newcastle had Ruud Gullit stayed as manager.

A shrewd person would one day start a religion based on coincidence, if he hasn't already, and make a million.

I cannot tolerate my bad behavior in another person for 10 seconds

All disease starts in the gut.

You take the good with the bad and try not to listen to everything said about you because you know it's not good.

You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours.

Patriarchy is based on appropriating rights and leaving responsibility to others.

I have no plan to retire anytime soon, although remember I am 50 years old! I do plan on the near future writing a book, that is definitely in the plans for my career.

Ridley Scott - not that he shared it a lot, but you can just see that everything he did, Ridley always seemed to be just so clear. I love that about him.