It was a very bold step for Sports Illustrated, and a lot of people are taking notice. I want it to be so normal that people don't even notice anymore.

Some people like to call me cocky or arrogant, but I just think 'how dare you assume I should think less of myself'

One of my mom's best lines is... You're not training to be the best in the world, you're training to be the best in the world on your worst day.

You have to have fear in order to have courage.

Judo taught me that I am capable of anything... I can mentally push past anything and be victorious.

Life is a fight from the minute you take your first breath to the moment you exhale your last.

I'm scared of failure all the time. But not scared enough to stop trying.

Don't doubt, don't stop... The only 2 things that can stop you is to stop working and start doubting.

You have to fight because you can't count on anyone else fighting for you. And you have to fight for people who can't fight for themselves. To get anything of real value, you have to fight for it.

One thing that I learned from judo... Maximum efficiency and minimum effort.

I train to be the best in the world on my worst day

The ignorance of the oppressed is strength for the oppressor.

I survive by finding the sweet spot between reason and unreason, between the rational and irrational.

The universe speaks to us, if we have the courage to see it for what it is.

As facing the sea reveals the skyand facing the sky reveals the seafacing my soul reveals your soul

Everyone has something they can't live without.

When I did play, I tried to make the most of it.

Before there can be wonders, there must be wonder.

Nothing that's really worthwhile should be easy, Belgarion. If it's easy, we don't value it.

Music's the one thing I try not to analyze. I don't want to destroy the magic that has always been there for me.

Vitamin C is a very effective immune booster and probably the safest first line of defense for infection.