When my books came out, they started selling but they started selling at a relatively consistent but low pace. And they started to pick up the pace.

A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.

Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress; working hard for somthing we love is called passion.

Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.

The ability for a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people can pull together as a team.

A leader's job is not just to get the best out of their people-a leader's job is to make more leaders.

It is better to disappoint people with the truth than to appease them with a lie.

Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.

Always plan for the fact that no plan ever goes according to plan.

If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money, but if they believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.

One is never afraid of the unknown one is afraid of the known coming to an end.

When I got married, I hired a great choir - the St. James Choir, an all-black gospel choir - to sing at my wedding.

I think most performers are just lazy.

I think that's the thing. I don't want to date a celebrity. I want to date a normal person. So I'm looking for a normal person.

To have all my dear ones together under one roof - that is all I ask of life.

The funeral was over, at last I could cry. Except that I couldn't. My tears, kept in too long, had fossilized. They would have to stay in forever now.

You can have a Great Day, or a Lousy Day; it's totally up to you.

You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.

Self-deprecating or arrogant, it's all selfish. Hard as it is, life's better when you spend more time on the rest of the world

Few things are as essential as education.