To be happy is very important to do a great performance because you have to be comfortable; your mind has to be clear.

If you don't give up, eventually you will break the cycle and you will overcome any obstacle.

Every time you achieve a dream, you must set another one. Because that will strengthen your path. Or you will become dead, because if you have no dreams, you have no life.

I use discipline and focus as my greatest weapons.

The Samurai always has to rise and move on, because new challenges will come.

You can have talent and strength, but the most important is determination.

I try to clear my mind of everything, I try to think of nothing. I just let my body act, the body can take control and do what it's trained to do.

My philosophy is the same as a Samurai: To hit without getting hit.

If you gave up, you've already lost. If you keep going, you get to a new level.

Before a fight I empty my mind. Every fighter is able to lose. It is not a big thing. You have to accept what comes and remain calm.

I never fear my opponent, for me he only represents a new challenge to conquer.

Take time to reflect, let ideas flow on their own schedule and let yourself have numerous bad ideas to inspire the good ones.

The biggest inspiration for everything I do is, of course, my wife, playwright Ruth McKee.

Umpires are like emotional girlfriends, once they make up their minds, there is no point in arguing

Like a raisin in the sun; that will swivel up and fade away. Your success dreams will swivel up and fade away, if you are not motivated enough to work for them.

I get fired up when emotions are involved. I think it pulls a little bit of extra out of me.

Average people and the average community can change the world. You can do it just based on common sense, determination, persistence and patience.

The birthday of the Lord is the birthday of peace.

If you read three books a day you couldn't read all the poetry that's being published.

The only ideals allowed are healthy ones - those everyone may aspire to, or comfortably imagine oneself possessing.

I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity.