My faith is so strong that I believe that God made me 5-11 for a reason. For all the kids that have been told, no, that they can't do it, or all the kids that will be told no.

Always persevere, always have a great perspective, and always have great purpose in your life

I thought about all the people that told me I couldn't do it and told me I couldn't get there.

Every setback has a major comeback.

I truly believe in positive synergy, that your positive mindset gives you a more hopeful outlook, and belief that you can do something great means you will do something great.

Every day I wake up and that’s my goal, to be on a constant quest for knowledge and do something different, being unique and being uncommon.

Separation comes from preparation.

I'm here today because God has brought me here. Jesus has brought me here...I'm with an amazing team. I believe He perfectly placed me in the right spot at the right time.

The only person I can change is the one in the mirror.

Live with a purpose, play with a purpose.

My dad used to wake me up at 5:30 in the morning and hit me ground balls and tell me, 'Don't be afraid to excel. Don't be afraid to be great.'

It's never pleasant to have one's unquestioning beliefs put in their historical context, as I know from experience, I can assure you.

the fact that every people feel itself threatened by the others gives the state it's definite unifying powers

My parents got divorced. Early and ugly. My mum was nuts so I lived with my dad. We used to play a father/son games. Pin the blame on me, rock, paper, get me another beer, casino night.

Power is mass multiplied by cohesion.

Unless one says goodbye to what one loves, and unless one travels to completely new territories, one can expect merely a long wearing away of oneself and an eventual extinction.

Men born in hot countries love the night because it refreshes them and have a horror of light because it burns them.

Dad was in the British Army and my mom was in the Royal Air Force, so both of my parents believed in discipline.

Food should come from the place of its origin, and stay there. It shouldn't spend its time crisscrossing the globe for the sake of profit.

Journalism was looked upon as a more noble thing than it is now. I don't know if it carries the same cachet that it did then.

No longer will you be a weird Robinson Crusoe, imprisoned on an island of night surrounded by oceans of death.