Watching myself fight, I realize the line between success and failure is so narrow, it's scary.

The danger is not to set your goal too high and fail to reach it. It’s to set your goal too low and reach it

The truth is that I didn't start as a winner. When I was a kid, I was just another reject. I started at the bottom. I think all winners do.

Training to become champion is the toughest thing. The fight itself is just a test.

Standing still is never a good option. Not in the ring, and not in life... When you stop moving, you're done.

It all comes down to confidence: your body can do great things only if it believes it can accomplish them.

I've trained myself to fight an army, so one guy will not defeat me.

People who believe in themselves can accomplish almost anything... all begins with attitude.

What happens when you accept and embrace your fear? Fear becomes your weapon.

Some people learn to lose. Others lose and learn.

Pick a goal, make a realistic plan to reach that goal, work through each step of the plan, and repeat.

Focus on the denouement of the purpose of life and act on the narrative.

The life of a mother is the life of a child: you are two blossoms on a single branch.

Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

In the library I discovered that you could learn by following your nose. And I learned that a book was as close to a living thing as you could get without being one.

I've had some great times with actresses, but that's in a movie.

Only when we try to understand one another's suffering can we begin to bring each other joy.

It's not a filmmaker's job to explain his technique but to tell his story the best way he can.

There is something spurious about the very term 'a movie made for TV,' because what you make for TV is a TV program.

If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But don't wobble.