You have to be true to yourself and remain humble. Whether you win or lose, you've got to treat everyone the same, and be who you are.

If losing a fight is the worst thing that's ever happened to you in your life, you're doing pretty good.

Learn from your mistakes, make adjustments, and go out and compete again. That's the mark of championship spirit.

You're nervous because you're afraid of the outcome. Accept the worst outcome... You'll be free & fight like you're able to.

I'm not scared to fail, I'm not scared to lose, I'm not scared to die, for that matter... It's going to work out the way it's supposed to work out.

In some way I felt I was never good enough until I started fighting. I was always striving to show my worth and value.

I picture success and winning. The body has a physical response to mental images of winning.

I love the training, love the competition, and I still feel like I'm progressing and getting better as a fighter.

I haven't placed any limits on myself

A cynic always focuses on problems and not on possibilities.

Literature takes us away from our grey everyday experience, but brings us back enriched with new sensibilities.

There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing.

I try and create for the audience something that relates to real-life experience.

I got a note from the stage manager one night that someone wanted to meet me. And it was Steven Spielberg.

I know I screwed up my 'Godzilla.'

If you think of beautiful things, you’re not sad.

Great ideas travel slowly, and for a time noiselessly, as the gods whose feet were shod with wool.

By any rational metric, I am boring.

Sometimes offensive players get turned into defensive players, which sometimes isn't a bad thing, but for me I need a chance to play more offense.