I was good at football and cricket at school. My dad said, 'Son, be an architect,' and I came to Melbourne passionate about becoming an architect.

I used to want to be a lawyer, but I didn't want to have half my brain sucked out.

Given how well the cards have been dealt to someone like myself, I think there's an inherent obligation to try to reach out and make a difference.

My sister died and my mum was really distant, as you do - you don't expect your offspring to die before you. I thought I was bulletproof up until that stage.

I practised as an architect for 10 years. I qualified in 1973 with a fellowship diploma of architecture. World Series Cricket gave me the freedom to go out and pursue architecture.

One of the most obvious parts of my character is the smile, and if I wasn't comfortable in myself then I wouldn't be able to smile so much.

Fame and fortune should never get in front of your passion. The passion will generate the fame and fortune, if you're good enough.

Norm Smith personally came and signed me up to the Melbourne Football Club. The fact that I then played cricket for Melbourne Cricket Club - the footy club didn't like it that much.

My father Big Max told me many years ago that 'anything you are good at will contribute to your happiness'. Great advice.

Were all crazy and the only difference between patients and their therapists is the therapists havent been caught yet.

I try and open a few doors to the mind, encourage people to embrace change and to stretch their capabilities.

Chloe helps to calm me. She makes me feel like nothing in this world exist other than the two of us. I love her more than anything and one day she’ll be all mine.

I don’t think it’s right that I’m part of the problem. I can’t be part of the solution if I’m part of the problem

Rising from the dead? Glowing at sunrise? What did that make him, the god of cheerful mornings and macabre surprises?

The essence of Taoism is really expressed by these few words. Taoism is the way of the child, the way of the fool, the way of someone who doesn't need to be noticed.

Troubleshooters?" Michael asked. "When there's trouble," I told him, "they shoot it.

I would get parts and not be able to take them because my mother didn't have a car.

his eyes took in the barren slopes and the scattered boulders and the lonley gray road windingits way into the fading hills,and i could feel him thinking to himself this is no place to die

..he understood far more deeply than anyone else the loneliness that lurked beneath his jaunty mask.

I'd like to thank my parents for always stressing, be an individual.