When I was a little kid I wanted to be an artist or a painter. But once I got into boxing, all I wanted was to box.

If there is one abiding theme in the gym, it's the withering work in the ring. Those not fit do not survive.

I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear - it was not a fear of not being accepted - was a very violent fear of failure.

My favorite hobby is being alone. I like to be alone. I also like dancing, fishing, playing poker sometimes and vegetable gardening - corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, I have a big garden every year.

I was always holding onto people, and they were always leaving.

Make sure everyone, who works with you or for you, feels the need to tell others about the incredible experience.

Faith gives us the courage to endure every circumstance.

Where are Haldad my father, and Haldad my brother? If the king of Doriath fears a friendship between Haleth and those who have devoured her kin, then the ways of the Eldar are strange to Men.

I've learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.

The becoming still can never be the being still; only with the death of becoming is there being.

I suppose there are a lot of reasons to be jaded or sarcastic or bitter in life, but I hang on to the reasons why life is beautiful.

When you've got 5 minutes to fill, Twitter is a great way to fill 35 minutes.

[James] Baldwin is needed even more today because he helps you focus to the essential, to what is important.

The price of apparent happiness and enjoyment is the neglect of the spontaneous active energies of the acting members.