When I was younger, my dad did want me to be perfect, so that's probably why that's installed in me to this day. I want to be perfect at whatever I do. I can't help it. It's just installed in me.

You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.

Everybody is blessed with a certain talent, you have to know what your talent is maximize it and push it to the limit.

I'm a boxer who believes that the object of the sport is to hit and not get hit.

Just live every day like it's your last day and be the best person that you can be.

To be the best you have to work overtime.

As long as you know you gave whatever you did 100% you're considered a winner in my book.

I know how I could beat myself: by not being disciplined, by slacking, by not dedicating myself to my craft, by not working hard, by not listening, by thinking I know it all - short like that.

I've done some things that I shouldn't have done but I know I'm not a bad person, and I know that I can become a better person... Only thing I can do is work at it.

If I did want to come back, I was going to make, what, $50 million? You know what; don't call my phone unless you've got $100 million.

A true champion can adapt to anything.

Happiness is very simple. To be happy, think happiness.

A...reason we are so-so scientists is that our brains were shaped for fitness, not for truth. Sometimes truth is adaptive, but sometimes it is not.

When the expected occurred, never panic, by keep calming, you gain control over the situation.

It was so easy to be wise in the explanation of an experience one has not personally witnessed.("The Wendigo")

Saying of the ProphetDeathDie before your death.

The clouds wept when my heart sand a song of sorrow

Sometimes we don't move forward because the people who love us the most unconsciously sabotage our efforts.

All my friends are rock critics, so we talk about rock criticism a lot. Because of that, in order to be part of the conversation, you have to have an awareness of what the discussion is.

I think it's true that that's something that poetry can go to school on fiction. I think poetry can go to fiction to learn.

If a fly gets into the throat of one who is fasting, it is not necessary to pull it out.