I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?

I believe that every innovative thought comes from a creative mindset....A creative mindset is what drives our world, and art is the base of that.

If someone saves your life, you develop a brotherhood, no matter what your race.

People are realizing that color has no bearing on what's known as brotherhood

A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts.

Boxing, for me, it's the beginning of all sports. I'm willing to bet that the first sport was a man against another man in a fight, so I think that's something innate in all of us.

I spend 90 percent of my time saying no, and my accountant yells at me for it, but when I started in this business, I wanted my career to have legs.

I like boxing movies. One of the hardest things for me to watch as far as boxing films, is the boxing. The actual boxing usually sucks

It's natural for any actor that segues into directing to be an actor's director. You know how to relate to the actors.

That word, fan, has always kind of bothered me

Writing is the beast unto itself.

Love an enemy with unconditional trust.Reveal his treasure to him without any thrust.

Bercelak’s kin kept themselves busy by sharpening weapons, reading, talking, or setting things on fire with small bursts of flame.

In Rome you long for the country. In the country you praise to the skies the distant town.

I know I'm talented, but I wasn't put here to sing. I was put here to be a wife and a mom and look after my family.

We live in a world changing so rapidly that what we mean frequently by common sense is doing the thing that would have been right last year.

This machine, the wheelchair, I can go all over the place, but you need a place without stairs to get in.

What you meditate on is what you believe.

My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here.

A job is a sacrifice. Following an interest - that's a contribution. And we're here on the planet, not to sacrifice ourselves, but to make a contribution.

There are both things in international law: the principle of territorial integrity and right to self-determination.