I'm excited about being an owner, it's got my competitive juices going. I'm scared, but excited as well.

Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.

There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.

Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts.

Winning isn't getting ahead of others, it is getting ahead of yourself.

It was not a friendly game, and Jerry certainly did not have friendliness in his eyes. He had an extra mean streak that day. He was out of control and probably should have been ejected.

Spectacular achievements come from unspectacular preparation.

Class is striving hard to be the best at what you do while taking the needs of others into consideration

In business or in football, it takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to produce spectacular results.

In any team sport, the best teams have consistency and chemistry.

Every time I stepped on the field, I believed my team was going to walk off the winner, somehow, someway.

You mess with my demons….you get the devil!

In politics, a picture is worth a thousand words.

Staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar icecaps.

Boeing is working on an invisible fighter jet so nobody can see who's flying it. Didn't George Bush fly this in the National Guard, I believe?

If you really look at the aftermath of Iraq, Iran is going to be taking over Iraq. They've been doing it. And it's not a pretty picture.

I didn't notice I was being set upon by a pickpocket, which I am glad of, because I like to work only with professionals.

Productivity is a relative matter. And it's really insignificant: What is ultimately important is a writer's strongest books.

I'm single by choice. Not my choice.

I'd much rather be playing songs than talking to people.

The GAA is the sporting wing of the IRA.