Competition is key to developing players. The only practice environment in which you truly develop a player is a competitive arena.

What it comes down to is intense desire. To get this winning edge, you need to build an indomitable will. This means you must be relentless; you must never give up.

What you do when no one else is looking will determine how good you'll be.

There is no better coach than the bench.

When Mia Hamm touches the ball, you just hold your breath.

You can never be fit enough for this game.

Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

I am a writer and things which don't happen in real world, happen in my world.

The sky would be clear, colorless, mist blending together the air and the ocean, the waves whispering against the rocks.

Haste denies all acts their dignity.

I had the honor of speaking with Asimov. The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the power of robotics.

I think as a moral question, restaurant workers should get paid more.

It's a struggle for me to watch things I've been in because I'm just distracted and self-critical.

Life is a passage through a museum of beauty.

Other blessings may be taken away, but if we have acquired a good friend by goodness, we have a blessing which improves in value when others fail.