If I panic, everyone else panics.

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.

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

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

Time for us began to be measured by moments when we spoke, and moments when we longed to speak again.

Not even a thousand tears can wash away the feelings I still have for you.

Battle scars were not a commodity that I was accustomed to selling, least of all to myself.

Do not let your bachelor ways crystallize so that you can't soften them when you come to have a wife and a family of your own.

We didn't disqualify Hillary Clinton to be President of the United States the facts of her life and career disqualify her.

What better way to get to know someone than through her choice and treatment of books?

A girl like that, Grandad said, perfumes herself with ozone and metal filings.

Promise too much and you'll have plenty of room to fail. Promise little and you'll have plenty of room to excel.

No one is easy until you actually beat them.

I'm not fighting for justice. I am not fighting for freedom. I am fighting for my life and another day in the world here.