Somewhere along the line, I conditioned myself to be a quick thinker. I take a step back and try to assess the situation, then make the best decision possible at the moment.

People say that envy is a deadly sin, but I disagree. I love watching a person do something that I can't. I find it to be incredibly motivating.

I honestly have never been a guy to panic or freak out in the middle of a crisis. Growing up in the south side of Chicago will make you pretty resilient.

Healing is a process. Sometimes it's quick, and other times it's gruelingly long. You're the only person who knows when it's time to move on and let go.

Do the right thing. Not just when it's convenient for you, but all the time. Words to live by.

I think being vulnerable paves the way for humility.

Life is all about experiencing the full range of emotions.

Be confident, but allow yourself to be vulnerable.

When I watch a singer perform, or an athlete, I can't help but be driven to be the best I can be at my craft.

I chose to enter a profession that is not easy. To be able to say that I am doing what I love for a living - man, it isn't work. I cannot begin to describe how fortunate I am.

When I am dead, I hope it may be said, 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.

You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.

If you support the war on drugs in its present form, then you're only paying lip-service to the defense of freedom, and you don't really grasp the concept of the sovereign individual human being.

I'll do anything usually if there's money involved and little work.

Our military plans should be based on the assumption of unpredictability, rather than on carefully drawn, static models of the world.

The best real-estate investments with the highest yields are in working-class neighborhoods, because fancy properties are overpriced.

Once you run current-account deficits, you depend on the kindness of strangers. This might be the beginning of the end of the American empire.

Its a rare thing when a father and son can share the same experience. My father and I have seen all 19 Bond films together, two or three times.

Meadowlark inspired me to play for a long time. I thought, 'If he could do it, I can do it.' The legacy that Meadowlark leaves is something that every child and adult can benefit from.

Life began three and a half billion years ago, necessarily about as simple as it could be, because life arose spontaneously from the organic compounds in the primeval oceans.