I was the guy on the swim team entertaining the bus on the way to the meets.

Life is too short to worry about what others say about you. Have fun and give them something to talk about.

If you give up at the first sign of struggle, you're really not ready to be successful.

My goals are so high that I don't have time to relax, in any way shape or form.

The only time you should look back in life, is to see how far you have come.

Relationships are like farting, If you push too hard things could get messy real fast.

The day Rick Ross dives into the crowd, is the day we find out who his true fans are.

The best feeling in the world is seeing the benefits and rewards of hard work.

I think if someone gets kicked in the face it is their fault- they watched the foot come towards their face.

People who eat with their mouth open should be punched in the face.

Laughter heals all wounds, and that's one thing that everybody shares. No matter what you're going through, it makes you forget about your problems. I think the world should keep laughing.

You are not a burden, an accident, or a mistake. You are meant for amazing things that you can't even imagine for yourself.

Each generation ... rescues a new area from what its predecessors arrogantly and snobbishly dismissed as 'the lunatic fringe.

Courage can't see around corners but goes around them anyway.

When gods die, they always die many sorts of death.

My dogs forgive anger in me, the arrogance in me, the brute in me. They forgive everything I do before I forgive myself.

If you want to write, find your splinter. Find the thing that pierces you and won't let you go.

In many things it is not well to say, "Know thyself"; it is better to say, "Know others."

The TARP program was nevertheless necessary to keep banks from collapsing in a cascade of failures.

The New York Marathon: a fantastic event.

Freedom and equality are naturan born enemies.