If you want to make [your own way in music] it as a player, which is very difficult, as Art Blakey said to me, "We're blessed to have the opportunity to do this." So just keep that in mind.

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.

Jesus not only preached liberty, but has the authority to direct history toward its final victory.

Forgive me for being chipper, but despair is desperately dull.

Jesus, woman!" he snapped. "When did we have to become Romeo and Juliet?

What would you do if you knew for sure that no one would ever find out?

While America may be a nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms.

You will have to put aside some things in your life, habits, ideas, ways of seeing life. You will have to learn new things, and then new things and then new things - forever.

Go forward while you can, but if your strength fails you, sit down near the road and gaze without anger or envy at those who pass by. They don't have far to go, either.

I'm not sure what it is that I want, but I feel it deep in the pit of my stomach. It's there sitting dormant. I'll know it when I see it.

The whole of India was the home of every Indian who considered himself as one and behaved as such, no matter to what faith he belonged.

The whole publicity machine is a very weird one. It's kind of a necessary part of what we do here, but this helps me keep grounded.