People who were close to me - family and friends - they knew about my sexuality.

Never underestimate your ability to make someone else's life better - even if you never know it.

Fear is a part of everything you do ... You have to take great risks to get big rewards.

I am a firm believer that you don't achieve greatness on your own. There is always someone there to lend a hand

People wait in line to see me, saying there's plenty of living to be done even if you have an HIV diagnosis. People say they are 10- or 15-year survivors and still moving forward.

Well, unless you're Wayne Gretzky or Michael Jordan, you need the full support of your team.

Peak performance is meditation in motion.

I guess you can tease me about being a drama queen, because that did heighten the drama.

To me, peanut butter is the breakfast of champions!

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to - expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship.

Either you fulfill your mission or make money. Choose the former.

...it's just as bad to live in a place where what you do see isn't there as it is to live in one where what you don't see is.

Hate is a lack of imagination.

Whenever it rains, I remember him, not as a tear that hails down as a raindrop, but as a God of fertility. As, every time I remember him, his memories conceive a baby of emotions in me!

Your career has but one goal: To ensure your book of life is more than an anthology of salary slips.

It is important how people take you.

What do you think about me is not my business the important thing is what I think about myself.

An actor knows two important things - to be honest in what he is doing and to be in touch with the audience. That's not bad advice for a politician either.

The compliment that I like more than anything is when my family tells me I'm the same Ryan. I never want to become a celeb who forgets about anybody or has a big head about himself.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.