Mission starts with determining what you really care about and want to accomplish and committing yourself to it. You can always develop expertise. First, discover your preference.

Peak performers develop powerful mental images of the behavior that will lead to the desired results. They see in their mind's eye the result they want, and the actions leading to it.

Workaholics are addicted to activity; super achievers are committed to results.

Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst.

On course doesn't mean perfect. On course means that even when things don't go perfectly - you are still going in the right direction.

The one element that stands out most clearly among our peak performers is their virtually unassailable belief in the likelihood of their own success.

I've discovered that numerous peak performers use the skill of mental rehearsal of visualization. They mentally run through important events before they happen.

It takes no genius to observe that a one-man band never gets very big

People who have committed to a service/advocacy role will tell you that some of the sublimest pleasure they have ever experienced comes in the context of that work. You get way more than you give.

I'm not overweight, I'm undertall

All athletic accomplishments begin with volition; that is, the desire and willpower necessary to succeed. Volition affects more than thoughts and feelings - it affects physical performance.

Most of the time, if you treat people right, you don't have to be afraid of them.

Nurture your Dream everyday. A strong dream will empower you to take bold decisions and allow you to follow your heart.

Cinema has no boundaries...we all belong to the same artistic community.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

Any time we are misused or used for a purpose other than what God intended us for, it's damaging.

We cannot win this war on terror if people are undercutting us. And one way to undercut us is to empower Iran.

On the wall of our life together hung a gun waiting to be fired in the final act.

My reason for becoming a vegetarian was simple: I loved (and love) animals

When I present or speak, I write the slides myself. And regarding time, I would like to be able to publish more than I do.

Knowing that religion does not furnish grosser bigots than law, I expect little from old judges.