Confidence, even when under pressure, has a way of turning an impossible situation into just another challenge to be met.

Before you can act you must choose. Before you can choose you must know. Before you can know you must feel. And before you can feel you must be trained.

Fathom your motivation so that you understand what you are prepared to do and why.

Every physical response, every psychological change and every mental transformation starts with the mind.

The moment you establish a line of communication between two points, you subtly change both. That is also true for the way the brain is affected by the mind.

We cannot learn something new and stick to it without a modular approach to application, positive reinforcement and a real change of environment.

Reality is not a thought experiment.

These mental and physical components of self­ belief are closely interlinked. They are used to slowly interweave the per­sonal narratives that very effectively create a powerful sense of identity.

without the mind the body is not capable of delivering anything beyond an average performance.

Our insecurities drive us. Our fears control us. We try to hide the first and deny the second and it is exhausting us.

Her routine was as predictable as the rotation of the earth.

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house.

Martin, at my age, eroticism is reduced to enjoying caramel custard and looking at widows' necks.' - Senor Sempere.

Take me to the Brig. I want to see the "real Marines".

I know I have an eccentric, obsessive-compulsive side.

Our greatest leaders are neither dreamers nor dictators: They are, like Jefferson, those who articulate national aspirations yet master the mechanics of influence and know when to depart from dogma.

Sometimes people just want you to fail. Except your really good friends. I've always known who my best friends were.

Duct tape. Perfect weapon; so many uses.