I've known for a long time that they're a bunch of idiots.

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.

The most important thing, the thing that unites all of us, is that we can INSPIRE and CHALLENGE one another TO BE BETTER.

If you want to make history, you have to do historic things

Nothing inspires like love. Love found and love lost...

You might be a redneck if you think Silence of the Lambs is what happens when Larry walks out to the barn.

To ask a novelist to talk about his novels is like asking somebody to cook about their dancing.

You arrive at truth through poetry; I arrive at poetry through truth.

I'm useless when I meet writers I love - I go slack-jawed and stupid with awe.

To those who are here, those who are gone, and those who are lost.

We have more opportunity than we have us.

Keep attacking. The whole key is look after the puck and keep attacking. I don't think you adjust your personnel. You adjust your mindset.

None of this was written to hurt anybody's feelings.

He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.