Relentlessly pursue perfection knowing we won't catch it, but in the process we'll achieve excellence.

It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.

The difference between a successful person and others is not lack of strength not a lack of knowledge but rather a lack of will.

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

...something more than the sum of its parts-

Do you love her?' she asked him.'Always have, ' he said.'Then why in the world would you leave her alone?

Without perseverance talent is a barren bed.

I did a lot of my writing as though I was an academic, doing some piece of research as perfectly as possible.

I've always traveled, man, so I'm always out and everywhere.

You must have dreams and goals if you are ever going to achieve anything in this world.

When you do 10 interviews in one day, and 10 different sources want to talk to you, that means you're doing good. I think about that every day.

It's tough to be an actor and it's tough to portray a real person, and it's tough to play two people adding up to one person.

When it comes to action, I'd say Mel Gibson and Will [Smith] were great.

Since I have that edgy, rocker-tomboy kind of vibe, it can be very difficult to translate my style for the red carpet.