There are a lot of things my mother taught me and helped me and disciplined me and made sure I stayed on the right track. And there are a ton of things that only my father could have taught me.

If you put in the work, put in the time, put in the effort, you're going to reap the benefits.

I'm the best corner in the game. When you try me with a sorry receiver like Crabtree, that is the result you are going to get. Don't you ever talk about me.

Work hard and believe in yourself even when nobody else believes in you.

Your circumstances don't dictate your future. ... Your circumstances don't limit you.

I kind of go to the beat of my own drum.

Sometimes you have to be somebody you're not.

I don't want to be an island. I want to be more of a tourist attraction. You stop here, I take your money and you go.

Both criticism and praise is part of putting yourself out there.

If I don't have the books to read, if I don't have the information to study, how can I succeed? That's a lot of the stuff I would focus on if I was elected because I think knowledge is power.

Don't you open your mouth about the best!

The future is not about a single mind that sees or predicts - it is about the many.

There are more than one universe, and its inhabitants.

If you are not going to be a comfort, have the decency to be an empty space.

Whenever faced with a challenge, I dig deep within myself and summon my spiritual and physical forces. This gives me the focus, determination, perseverance, and support I need to succeed.

If you lose, it hurts, but as long as you have fought hard, you can still feel good about yourself.

I am grateful that my horizons were not narrowed at the outset.

And Cape Town is not what it used to be. Foreigners have left their imprint on our culture.

There is no sense in doing a wonderful script with somebody who can't direct because that is a disaster.

My Mom is a ballet director, so I had this idea in me that classical training is the best foundation for anything you do, so I wanted to get a classical background and voice.

Many things would be changed for Americans if they would only admit that there is ill-luck in this world and that misfortune is not a priori a crime.