Oh my goodness me, Daniel Day-Lewis - huge, huge fan of his. I've always loved his philosophy on acting: he always talks about returning to a state of play.

The best thing - I say it all the time - what happened at Oklahoma was sitting for a year after I transferred. To sit there and be able to focus on the physical parts of my body. You know, develop,...

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

Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power.

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

I stopped writing fiction the moment I started writing songs, and I miss it.

I gotta continue within the offence and just understand it, pick and choose when to attack and things like that.

I left home when I was just 17, finished up high school, and went to work.

I was never stupid with my money, because I grew up without it. So when I started to make some, I was like, 'Okay, first rule of thumb, I'm not buying it unless I've got the money to buy it,' so I...

I had to buy into being a better player and being able to be coached.

I think confidence is a true form of beauty.

The most important thing, I've found, is to be self-reliant.

Emotion works against you. The less emotion, the more you use your brain and fight smart.

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.

I started training judo when I was 5 years old. I didn't know much. My mom just took me and my brother to do some judo because we were very energetic. We did that for a couple of years. I don't know...

I am not a night person.

It's just about getting the reps and staying with it and just being confident in my moves and being patient.

I don't have to worry about the obvious things like money.

If anything, I'm constantly trying to figure out how to look chic with the minimal effort required because I'm constantly packing. My off-duty style is always influenced by my mood.

I think one of the things about being a good coach is to recognise when you have given all that you can. In fact there should be some sort of unspoken law that says that a coach cannot have anyone for...

I don't take care of my voice at all, which is one reason that I sound as bad as I do.

I have no agenda. I'll play anywhere. All I need is a reason to believe that it's a good place for me and that I'm wanted, and I'm coming.

My parents weren't artistic, but I was always surrounded by beautiful things. And Mexico is a country which has experienced thousands of years of art and culture.

As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others.

Ballet can be grueling, for sure, but it gives you a certain discipline.

At some point, I realized that you don't get a full human life if you try to cut off one end of it; that you need to agree to the entire experience, to the full spectrum of what happens.

It's nice to have someone to come home to and get the honest truth about all aspects of life.

I'm not set on a pedestal where I think I'm too high and mighty.

I wish I played an instrument, but I could never decide which one, and I ended up playing nothing.

The amount of money currently in your bank account is a fact. The amount you spend today is a choice. And the way you reconcile both is through clarity.