I believe that the definition of luck is when preparation meets with opportunity.

The truth is, after Boys Don't Cry, I realized how few and far between the great roles are. I am beyond thankful for finding Million Dollar Baby.

This is my one and only life and it's a great and terrible and short and endless thing and none of us come out of it alive.

I grew up in a trailer park in Bellingham, Washington.

My biggest growth has been sitting with things that are uncomfortable and dealing with them.

I had teachers who I could tell didn't want to be there. And I just couldn't get inspired by someone who didn't want to be there.

I don't think people should have boundaries put on them, by themselves or society or another gender, because it's our birthright to experience life in whatever way we feel best suits us.

You can change your fate. You can sit back, or you can go after your life and all that you want it to be.

You only have one life and if you're not doing what you love, what's the point?

Few people know this about me, but I love baking pies.

There's no negatives. You just have to trust that what's happening in your life is unfolding in exactly the right way.

One day the people that didn't believe in you, will tell everyone how they met you.

If I finance a bank and I know if the bank will get in trouble, I will be hit and I will lose money, I will put a price on that.

I think your life is governed not by the bricks or mortar around you, its governed by who holds your hand and who spits in your eye.

Intervals and other types of speed work are essential to improve running speed.

If you choose to draw from the inner well of free will, then you can make choices that are outside your current karmic patterns.

Cuba was in some ways a de facto state of the United States before 1959, given its proximity and given its neocolonial status.

I continually remind myself to live by a code. It's very important to me. I've got a bad temper.

A warrior can be injured but not offended. For a warrior there is nothing offensive about the acts of her fellow human beings, as long as she herself is acting in the proper mood.

Do not hate a sinner, for we all are to be res­pon­sible.

Everyone has a common, yet unique, responsibility to the future: to make the most of today.