Being inspired is one thing, but completely knocking off a design is another. There is a big difference.

When I sit down and design, it's shoes that always appear.

I design flats like I design heels: They must be seductive, beautiful and comfortable.

Sometimes you design a shoe, and you think this one is a winner, but you never know when something will be such a crazy phenomenon.

Whenever I went to a wedding or a party, girls kept complaining about their shoes. I love to dance, and I wanted them to have shoes they could keep on all night.

When people come together and discuss their differences based on life issues that are shared, it brings about successful changes.

a lesson must be livedin order to be learnedand the clarity to see and stop this nowthat is what i've earned

Whatever your condition, you can be happy if you have the right attitude.

Some actors count their lines as soon as they receive a script. I'm the opposite. I try to see how many lines I can whittle down. You can say just as much in 4 as you can in 14.

Go to a graduation party, put out a fish bowl, and you have a gold record.

I think normalization is a good thing.

Effort is not a means to lead us to happiness. Effort itself is happiness

Hope is the strongest driving force for a people. Hope which brings about change, which produces new realities, is what opens man's road to freedom.

I'm one of the most competitive guys in the NFL. Believe me, nobody wants it more than me.

As far as advice goes, an ex-father in law of mine once gave me the best advice I ever heard. He said, "Take my advice and do what you want to." So with that, go on.