At first, I ain't gon' lie, I used to be a little nervous about what people were gon' think about my music, but once I let that go, then everything started happening.

I've heard some writers say things like, 'Well, I'm a professional writer. I only start books I know I can finish.' I look at it maybe the other way: I only want to write books I'm not sure I can...

You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

Own up to your responsibilities and your mistakes and be a better person moving forward.

I want to go down in the history books as one of the greatest female boxers of all time, and I think I'm on the right path.

If you could bottle that special feeling you sometimes get in a dressing room just before a match, you'd be a billionaire.

I'm not a guy who is out there looking to get his game going or put up shots; I'm out there to win, and I don't care if I'm playing three or 30 minutes.

I know I'm a winner.

On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.

Most players who've been around any length of time think of training camp as a time of hard work, frustration and monotony. But I can honestly say I look forward to it.

Anything can happen in a fight.

Ever since I was younger, I was fascinated by cars and driving. The first time I actually drove a car, I was twelve years old.

Attention to any subject will in a short time render it attractive, be it ever so disagreeable and tedious at first.

We actually believe in hope. But hope requires purpose. And purpose requires direction.

Scoring will do a lot for my confidence.

A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.

I'd like to stay in Chicago, but if they don't want me, somebody will.

Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and boomerang to curse you.

You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities.

The Ballon d'Or? In the end, I dedicate myself, and if it arrives, it will arrive.

You have to be very brave in that first writing session.

I'm not going to walk around at 28 stone until I'm 48. My plan is to win the World's Strongest Man, walk away gracefully, and live a long life.

But for me to have the opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of executives and present myself, I had to hustle in my own way. I can't tell you how frustrating it was that they didn't get that. No...

The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again.

If you can force yourself to get through failures and pull something out of them, they can teach you a lot.

You dream of your first NFL start when you're a little kid, playing football in the backyard, but until you get there, you never know what to expect.

When the team is losing, you can become upset and mixed up, shying away from the play, and lose control.

Anytime you are successful, I think that breeds confidence.

The simple truth is that in order to become good, you have to be obsessed. You have to put in an awful lot of time and hard work and couple that with desire and unflagging perseverance.

Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.