I've always been humble and this even humbled me even more to definitely get a second chance at my career. There are still chapters I'm writing in this legacy.

The only way to handle pressure is to apply it.

You gotta know who you are, I think, as a person, I'm a laidback guy. I'm very simple. It's simplicity with me. Everything else, having the 10 cars or the 20 cars is ludicrous.

Actually I feel I'm a better player; more mentally. I guess you get better with age people say. You have a lot more wisdom.

You just never know with contract situations and the whole business side of it. I'm here now and I'm happy to be here now. The future will take care of itself.

Just relief of trying to get there for eight years. It's finally here and I'm very excited. It's just great. It's been a long ride.

. . . Nietzche himself had a Christian view of history, seeing the present moment always as some crisis, some fall from classical greatness, some corruption or evil to be saved from.

Sufism is always systematised only for limited or transitory periods: because Sufism is primarly instrumental, not for enjoyment or display.

During the first 13 centuries after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, no one thought of setting up a creche to celebrate Christmas. The pre-eminent Christian holiday was Easter, not Christmas.

There is a close logical connection between the concept of a safety margin and the principle of diversification.

Most teachers are not enlightened. Very few are. That doesn't mean they are not great teachers.

I think that if everybody changed and tried to make their music political, it'd be kind of a bummer.

Most people who open restaurants will fail, because they lack the fundamental understanding of restaurant math. Either they think they're superstar cooks or they think they're superstar hosts.

Which would you prefer? To be king of the mountain for a day? Or to be a child of God for eternity?

I love singing some Johnny Cash, which is interesting because it's in a guy's key; I love singing Elvis Presley.

Look at me, chica." When she does, I repeat, "Eres hermosa." "What does it mean?" "You're beautiful.