Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought... about potential pitfalls.

Discipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that way every single time.

The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.

Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.

If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs, even if they were coming in fuzzy.

In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them

Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.

I don't believe in luck, I believe in preparation.

You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.

Don't fight the rabbits. If you fight the rabbits, the elephants are going to kill you.

We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.

You never know these days. Uninvited guests may force you to take an unplanned trip to an unknown destination

... a writer concocts a different story for every reader.

You’re the best bad decision I ever made, and you are, by far, my favorite story to tell.

Apparently, my hopes, dreams and aspirations were no match against my poor spelling, punctuation and grammar.

When a state is afraid of the journalists, it means that that state is definitely doing some secret devilish things!

Nothing about multiculturalism antagonized Rachel. She liked all kinds of food, clothing, cultural customs, and music. The one thing that held her aloof was a fear of offending through ignorance.

Since fear is such a primal reaction, making the choice to move forward despite fear is an evolved decision that transcends our animal nature.

I came to L.A. to work and become a better actress, not to be a star.

My ideal reader is me. And yes, my ideal reader comes with me and is forgiving.

Free-diving is all about being lean, being super-flexible, and having a good breath hold.