You have to train smart. There is always a risk of over-training or training beyond what your body is able to recover from, and that leads to injuries.

If you want to fly with the eagles you can't hang out with the crows.

I don't feel pain. I ain't got time for that. I let other people feel pain for me.

Success is a combination of effort, talent and hard work. There's got to be hard work and mental toughness. It's not just one thing that gets you there it's an accumulation of things

I know my limitations. I know I'm not perfect. I know what I know, but more importantly, I know what I don't know. When I don't know something, I surround myself with people I can trust to teach me.

You have to fight just to survive.

There's a solution to every problem. I just have to find the right solution to fix this problem

When I don't know something, I surround myself with people I can trust to teach me.

You learn a lot of different things with trials and tribulations and, at the end of the day, you get some positives from whatever mistakes you've made.

Having your health is having everything in life.

I’ve been a barbarian my whole life. I’m just a smarter barbarian now. Evolution, you know?

Becoming more socially aware involves greater understanding of the dynamics of social interactions to assure you achieve harmonious outcomes.

... it's hard to be politically conscious and upwardly mobile at the same time.

My business is to enjoy and have fun. And why not, if in the end everything will end, right?

A soldier fights with an irresistible strength when he has blown up his bridges and burnt his boats. Even so, it is with a soldier of ahimsa.

If you beat the Man, who was the Man, then you're the Man.

I wrote on my desk wall when I was writing the film...'Art is socialism, but life is capitalism.' That's the hard thing in all of it if you expect to make a living.

Most small businesses failed because the owner was under skilled, not under capitalized.

If you're thinking of becoming a critic, why not make other plans?

I don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job.

Somewhere in the fear and chaos, there is a clarity that few will ever experience.