The moment you establish a line of communication between two points, you subtly change both. That is also true for the way the brain is affected by the mind.

Before you can act you must choose. Before you can choose you must know. Before you can know you must feel. And before you can feel you must be trained.

Fathom your motivation so that you understand what you are prepared to do and why.

Every physical response, every psychological change and every mental transformation starts with the mind.

We cannot learn something new and stick to it without a modular approach to application, positive reinforcement and a real change of environment.

Reality is not a thought experiment.

These mental and physical components of self­ belief are closely interlinked. They are used to slowly interweave the per­sonal narratives that very effectively create a powerful sense of identity.

without the mind the body is not capable of delivering anything beyond an average performance.

Confidence, even when under pressure, has a way of turning an impossible situation into just another challenge to be met.

Our insecurities drive us. Our fears control us. We try to hide the first and deny the second and it is exhausting us.

It sounds so far away and different. I like different places. I like any places that isn't here.

In the United States of America, unfortunately we still live in a bubble of unreality.

Asking for help with shame says: You have the power over me. Asking with condescension says: I have the power over you. But asking for help with gratitude says: We have the power to help each other.

I think it's important that models be healthy.

How near to good is what is fair!

The first tenet is that you should report corruption regardless of loyalty to incumbent or party.

If at first you don't succeed, you get back up and you try ... and you try ... and you try it again ... except ice skating, I hate this crap, I quit!

I cleared my throat - it isn't frogs you get in your throat; it's memories.

Every year I'm doing different projects, concerts, touring, open-air festivals.

Trusty, dusky, vivid, true, With eyes of gold and bramble-dew, Steel-true and blade-straight, The great artificer made my mate.