I'm not a trend person. I don't want to look to my right and see somebody in the same thing.

Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.

I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.

Just believe in yourself. Even if you don't, pretend that you do and, at some point, you will.

My motto is: I'm alive, so that means I can do anything.

In my mind, I'm always the best. If I walk out on the court (and) I think the next person is better, I've already lost.

Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.

Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.

When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.

In the sports arena I would say there is nothing like training and preparation. You have to train your mind as much as your body.

If I cared deeply about what people thought of me, I probably would have never made it out of Compton, California.

It's much easier on the emotions when one sees life as an experiment rather than a struggle for popularity.

Learn to self-conquest persevere thus for a time and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it.

Listen to your customers, but don't always build exactly what they're telling you. This is a really key distinction around building enterprise software.

I choose films for their artistic value. I don't need a mansion or a Jaguar. When I leave this Earth, I won't take any money with me. All I will leave behind will be my art.

You can have a great script, or a great director and a bad script, and get a great movie. Nothing really guarantees anything.

I'm not looking to be an artist to make money. I'm looking to be an artist.

If it were true that children mimicked their teachers, you'd sure have a helluva lot more nuns running around.

The trash and litter of nature disappears into the ground with the passing of each year, but man's litter has more permanence.

Happiness is there for the taking - and the making.

The fly that touches honey cannot use it's wings; so too the soul that clings to spiritual sweetness ruins it's freedom and hinders contemplation.