My whole life I have been in a hurry, like running fast after a goal, and now I realize it's nice to sometimes slow down a little bit and enjoy the ride.

I have learned that failure is a part of success; it's part of the learning curve. Sometimes you have to walk that road to achieve big things.

I try to learn the most I can from every mistake.

It took a lot of time for me to understand that I'm not competing against anybody but myself.

I think sometimes your worst enemy is inside your head. All your insecurities, your ego, your fears, your expectations.

It's a lifetime effort, trying to understand the way our minds work, and make it work in your favor and not against you.

The most important thing for me to succeed in is day by day becoming a better and more prepared person.

I have been to lots of partiesand acted perfectly disgracefulbut I never actually collapsedoh Lana Turner we love you get up

As you grow in this business, you learn how to do more with less.

Women like to sit down with trouble - as if it were knitting.

My first book, 'The Age of Wire and String,' came out in 1995, and it was hardly reviewed at all.

It is not easy to be solitary unless you are also born ruthless. Every solitary repudiates someone.

I grew up with nothing - I remember sometimes not having shoes.

Women do get drunk, they do get sick and they do get food poisoning. It seems to be a bit of a surprise to people that they are seeing it.

When it came to football there was a certain age where I realized that my future in football was being a grease spot on the side of some bigger player.

Yeah, me and Q-Tip is cool outside of the business, but you know, within the business sometimes it can get ugly, you know what I mean?

What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for doubt.