If I could have picked two guys on the planet, to have some exposure to at that age, those were the two right guys [Phil Woods and Charles McPherson].

Positivity is like a boomerang. The more we put it out there, the more it comes back to us.

Successful people do ordinary things with extraordinary consistency, commitment and focus.

The goal is not to be better than anyone else but rather be better than you were yesterday.

Being positive won’t guarantee you’ll succeed. But being negative will guarantee you won’t.

Great leaders don't succeed because they are great. They succeed because they bring out the greatness in others.

Leadership is not just about what you do but what you can inspire, encourage and empower others to do.

You need to work as hard to be a great teammate as you do to be a great player

Purpose is the ultimate fuel for our journey through life. When we drive with purpose we don't get tired or bored and our engines don't burn out.

Adversity is not a dead end but a detour to a better outcome than you can imagine!

No challenge can stop you if you have the courage to keep moving forward in the face of your greatest fears and biggest challenges. Be courageous.

There are times where you need to step it up even higher

I don't shoot anything. I could never kill an animal. My dad does all the hunting, and he eats everything that he kills.

Let's make two things clear: Isil is not "Islamic." No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of Isil's victims have been Muslim. And Isil is certainly not a state.

I learned a lot about working with children, and about myself, and it reinforced my decision to pursue a career in teaching.

I usually read a script from an audience perspective first, and then look more closely at the character only.

In the last recession, 99 percent of us have lost wealth, but did you know that the top 1 percent increased their wealth five times? It tells you they create recessions so they get wealthier.

You named them: hustlers, killers, fiends, ex-cons. I called them: cousins, aunts, pops, moms. To you? Hoodlums, crackheads, gunmens. To me? Just neighbors, classmates, young friends.

In my next life I want to be a pessimist. Then other people could spend all their time cheering me up.

Murder is the apex of megalomania, the ultimate in control.

To act well isn't an easy thing.