I don't like to trash talk... I don't know how to do that, it's not me. In the martial arts world that I was brought up it was all about respect.

Don't just exist, be a part of life.

No matter how much you want to say you've got all these plans ahead. The moment is all you got.

Once you step out of your comfort zone your life begins.

You don't want to just exist, you want to get the most out of life.

You win a fight, you learn from it. You lose a fight, you learn from it.

I look at it this way: I got to do better than yesterday.

Losing sucks but I look at more what I gained as an individual, as an athlete..sometimes in losing you learn a lot.

Are you good men and true?

I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated it's the way I think. I've invented a writing style that expresses who I am.

Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while.

Chess is like war on a board

I'm a heart-on-the-sleeves kind of person.

I've always enjoyed interleague play. It gives you a chance to see different clubs, to go to different places. It gives you a good chance to see where you are, where you stand with other teams.

Don’t feel like you have to take every suggestion people give you. Not every good idea is a God idea.

The cold, basic truth is that you are a vital and necessary part of this world

I love pizza; you cant really go wrong with pizza.

When I did red, it was nine, and that was it for me. I said, "Here I am - nine is my number and red is my color, and I'm in business now."