When I watch a singer perform, or an athlete, I can't help but be driven to be the best I can be at my craft.

People say that envy is a deadly sin, but I disagree. I love watching a person do something that I can't. I find it to be incredibly motivating.

I honestly have never been a guy to panic or freak out in the middle of a crisis. Growing up in the south side of Chicago will make you pretty resilient.

Healing is a process. Sometimes it's quick, and other times it's gruelingly long. You're the only person who knows when it's time to move on and let go.

Do the right thing. Not just when it's convenient for you, but all the time. Words to live by.

Somewhere along the line, I conditioned myself to be a quick thinker. I take a step back and try to assess the situation, then make the best decision possible at the moment.

I think being vulnerable paves the way for humility.

Life is all about experiencing the full range of emotions.

Be confident, but allow yourself to be vulnerable.

I chose to enter a profession that is not easy. To be able to say that I am doing what I love for a living - man, it isn't work. I cannot begin to describe how fortunate I am.

Where there has been true science, art has always been its exponent.

Of course I loved books more than people.

Something acquires meaning for an organism to the extent that it relates (either positively or negatively) to the norm of the maintenance of the organism's integrity.

Being in therapy is great. I spend an hour just talking about myself. It's kinda like being the guy on a date.

Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.

Once you've been number one, you can never be satisfied with less.

The poet in prose or verse - the creator - can only stamp his images forcibly on the page in proportion as he has forcibly felt, ardently nursed, and long brooded over them.

I'd just like to think that there's some kind of underworld where whoever's been lost at sea is there... I dunno, there probably isn't, but I'd like to believe there is.

I'm not ugly, but I'm far from pretty.

Start locally and build. Start small and grow. Start in your house, then move to your school, your book club, your gym, your church, your temple, your city.