There are so many people out there who will tell you that you can't. What you've got to do is turn around and say "Watch me."

It's not so much what you do, it's just how well you do it, and that you do, do it.

You've always got to be aware of why you don't win; otherwise you'll keep losing. Every mistake is a learning experience and, hopefully, you won't make the same mistake again.

Have confidence in yourself and don't let people put you down or make you feel weak or worthless, because the more they put you down, the more you need to get back up and prove how wrong they are.

I wasn't born a world champion. I just worked really hard to become one.

Put your hand on your heart and ask yourself, what do I want? The first thing that comes to mind is always the right one.

I haven't prepared as much as I would like to but it will be fun to get out there again. I have nothing left to prove in surfing but still have the desire to keep going.

There are so many people put there who will tell you that you can't. What you've got to do is turn around and say "Watch me.

What was the opposite of linkage blindness? What described being certain of something without any kind of evidence?.

You have to have a temperament to grab ideas and do sensible things. Most people don’t grab the right ideas or don’t know what to do with them.

Words are as strong and powerful as bombs, as napalm.

North Korea and evangelical empires have the same principle of leadership: nepotism to the nth degree. You may not get the call, but you inherit the mailing list.

I'm not excusing crime or those who bring poison into the community, but I do want brothers and sisters in prison to know someone cares.

The principle of neutrality ... has increasingly become an obsolete conception, and, except under very special circumstances, it is an immoral and shortsighted conception.

Michael Winter’s fiction is a lot like hearing him talk about his life… harrowing in an after-the-fact hilarious way. Full of wonder and mystery. A hangover you wouldn’t miss for the world.

Have faith in your imaginel act.

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good.

Scholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation.