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.

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.

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.

I have a lot to learn about NASCAR. But I've learned if you have the right people in the right places doing the right things, you can be successful at whatever you do.

The person in whose presence you stay in the secrets will determine where you will stay in the open.

I am neither a pessimist nor an optimist. I am a realist, and the reality in Iraq is that it has been very hard and it continues to be hard.

Ismail Merchant was just the most seductive, passionate, outrageous, driven, genius of a man.

If we are to know God, we must read His words, for therein He stands revealed to the honest in heart.

Your eye becomes more mature. What you don't see the first time, you keep looking, and eventually you'll see it. And when you are confident with what your eye sees, you know you've got to have it.

I am even-tempered and emotionally well balanced

I guess for my skin, I clean it and moisturize and try to drink water. How boring is this though? I'm convinced that it comes from within. If you're happy and healthy, it shows.

If you're in a relationship and someone was cheating, it could be a complete reflection of the relationship itself.

In boxing, everybody has their favorites.

I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned.