You just stay patient, that's all.

I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice

These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.

Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.

I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.

I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.

I've known for a long time that they're a bunch of idiots.

The most important thing, the thing that unites all of us, is that we can INSPIRE and CHALLENGE one another TO BE BETTER.

To see the beautiful and mystical in the other worlds, one first must see the beauty of one's soul

The minute I sat in front of a canvas I was happy. Because it was a world, and I could do what I liked in it.

People who dream of something bigger and better are good role models.

We can use economic instruments to help realize our goals but economics does not tell us what our goals should be.

When I create a sports costume, I remember that it must not look - how do you say? - bedraggled.

A baseball field must be the most beautiful thing in the world. It's so honest and precise. And we play on it. Every star gets humbled. Every mediocre player has a great moment.

Singing has never been particularly easy for me.

I think that money is devoted to serious journalism, with analysis, interestingly presented, by good writers can still sell newspapers.

A great teacher once taught me that you've got to have faith that everything happens for the best. I have had many setbacks in my career and every setback has led me that much further into my truth.

Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.