There's some *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys on my iPod. I listen to it if it comes up on shuffle.

Always persevere, always have a great perspective, and always have great purpose in your life

I thought about all the people that told me I couldn't do it and told me I couldn't get there.

Every setback has a major comeback.

I truly believe in positive synergy, that your positive mindset gives you a more hopeful outlook, and belief that you can do something great means you will do something great.

Every day I wake up and that’s my goal, to be on a constant quest for knowledge and do something different, being unique and being uncommon.

Separation comes from preparation.

I'm here today because God has brought me here. Jesus has brought me here...I'm with an amazing team. I believe He perfectly placed me in the right spot at the right time.

The only person I can change is the one in the mirror.

Live with a purpose, play with a purpose.

My dad used to wake me up at 5:30 in the morning and hit me ground balls and tell me, 'Don't be afraid to excel. Don't be afraid to be great.'

With thousands of roads before us that lead nowhere, going in circles. There really are only two roads we will either travel, one going to heaven, or the other to hell.

To take the world into one's arms and act towards it in a soul-filled and soul-strengthening manner is a powerful act of wildish spirit.

My mouth crashes onto hers, and as our bodies sway in time to the music, our tongues dance to a rhythm that’s all their own. Spencer tastes of liquor and spearmint gum. She smells like heaven.

Mother humor is such a universal theme. I wrote a show called '25 Questions for a Jewish Mother.' I had people coming up to me after the show saying, 'I'm Baptist, and my mother is just like yours.'

I do love the idea that something can make you forget that you're listening and just transport you to somewhere else in your head.

Nothing is irredeemably ugly but sin.

In general the 53 countries on the continent of Africa have made great progress towards freedom and democracy, and in terms of electing good, sound administrations.

He is dead who called me into being, and when I shall be no more the very remembrance of us both will speedily vanish.

These are things they need to hear, baby. It's their history.

Once you realize that everything happens for a reason, attitudes towards matters such as illnesses, or lawsuits, for example, change.