When you cross the line, it is such a wonderful feeling it's hard to describe.

I was 12 when I started and 34 before I achieved my dream, that should give people hope.

I think people realise that I'm happy with what I've achieved.

I became depressed and I cut my self with scissors and stuff.

Im not going to change my ways, just to please you or appease you, inside a crowd five billion proud willing to punch it out, right, wrong, weak strong, ashes to ashes all fall down.

I have a Greek-American friend who named her daughter "Nike" and is often asked why she chose to name her offspring after a sneaker.

The increase of scientific knowledge lies not only in the occasional milestones of science, but in the efforts of the very large body of men who with love and devotion observe and study nature.

There's nothing more, nothing better in life to wake up in the morning, look at yourself in the mirror, and feel comfortable with yourself and who you are.

In Hollywood, I'm lucky, I only do big movies like 'Blade.' It's much more comfortable: you have a trailer.

Criticism is the forerunner of divorce, the cultivator of rebellion, sometimes an agent that leads to failure.

Partly, the Russian system succeeds because, in contrast to the Western industrial economies, it makes full use of its manpower.

My father and I, we finally saw each other eye to eye and I think he's seeing me as a man, and I'm seeing him as the father he's always been.

It is necessary to dig deep within oneself to discover the hidden grain of steel called will.

I grew up in Barranquila, Colombia, and I spent most of my childhood dreaming about becoming a singer.