When I'm finished playing, I want people to say, 'He handled this well, he kept his cool.'

I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice

These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.

Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.

I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.

I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.

I've known for a long time that they're a bunch of idiots.

The most important thing, the thing that unites all of us, is that we can INSPIRE and CHALLENGE one another TO BE BETTER.

Our passion is what we have been designed to do so as not to get bored between being born and death.

I needed a break...from myself.

You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.

How can the intensity of this shame be understood by those who have never experienced it? How can they understand the strength of the motivations produced by the desire to escape from it?

English is no problem for me because I am actually English. My whole family are English; I was brought up listening to various forms of the English accent.

Maxim 20: If you’re not willing to shell your own position, you’re not willing to win. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

The masculine/feminine look fascinates me. It is not only an issue of empowering women, but I think the shapes look great.

I'm very pro presenting the best music I can to the widest audience possible.

I fancied I had some constancy of mind because I could bear my own sufferings, but found through the sufferings of others I could be weakened like a child.