I hate letting my teammates down. I know I’m not going to make every shot. Sometimes I try to make the right play, and if it results in a loss, I feel awful. I don’t feel awful because I have to answer questions about it. I feel awful in that locker room because I could have done something more to help my teammates win.

It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting.

My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted.

My justification is that most people my age spend a lot of time thinking about what they’re going to do for the next five or ten years. The time they spend thinking about their life, I just spend drinking.

Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite – inspire fear and insecurity.

I remember the last three days that I was president, I never went to bed at all. I never went to bed until we had negotiated the final release of the hostages.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.

As I’ve said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it. And all of us are united in appreciation for our servicemen and women, and our hopes for Iraqis‘ future.

I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.

I was very worried about my mother, growing up – a lot. I do not want my children to be worried about me.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.

In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.

I would feel no hesitation in saying that it is the responsibility of a decent human being to give assistance to a child who is being attacked by a rabid dog, but I would not intend this to imply that in all imaginable circumstances one must, necessarily, act in accordance with this general responsibility.

I support Real Madrid. I’m a big fan of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.

A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don’t function as we were meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick.

The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God – if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That’s what I think.

When we’re looking for compassion, we need someone who is deeply rooted, is able to bend and, most of all, embraces us for our strengths and struggles.

I have trouble imagining what I could do that’s beyond the practicality of what I can do.

For an author, the nice characters aren’t much fun. What you want are the screwed up characters. You know, the characters that are constantly wondering if what they are doing is the right thing, characters that are not only screwed up but are self-tapping screws. They’re doing it for themselves.

I am not deeply involved in Australian politics but I know there are prime ministers, governments around the world who are not acting responsibly in relation to climate change.

All things considered, there’s nobody better for children than parents.

When I’m a director, I look at myself the actor as a completely different person. It’s somebody else up there, an actor playing a role. I keep myself out of it.

What is a fear of living? It’s being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself – for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don’t know what you’re here to do, then just do some good.

I have no delusions about my likability in every scenario. I know that in order to get things done the way you want them, oftentimes your position will be unpopular.

When you hear people making hateful comments, stand up to them. Point out what a waste it is to hate, and you could open their eyes.

A conductor can’t be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much.

Sooner or later we’re all someone’s dog.

I don’t really get nervous that much, or if I do, only I know. It’s all inside me. I am good at hiding everything.

Let’s be very clear: Strong men – men who are truly role models – don’t need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful. People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.

I’m proud to play for Real Madrid because I have fun; when you no longer have fun it’s a sign that it’s time to leave. For now though, I’m happy here at the greatest club in the world.

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.

Sometimes we be playing the politics too much and forget who we are just to win.

I support immediate financial assistance to the newly elected Palestinian president. Now, I don’t know what those numbers will be, and I don’t know how it’s going to be framed.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Cry if you have a compound fracture, by all means. Or if your grandpa died. But otherwise, save it for your pillow.

I’m not this horrible, evil person.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

I want to – more than anything – to create a moment that people will never forget. Not for me, but for themselves. That’s what I remember about great Super Bowl performances in the past, when you really get lost in the moment with your family.

As for my own views, they’ve of course evolved over the years. This conception of ‚renouncing beliefs‘ is very odd, as if we’re in some kind of religious cult. I ‚renounce beliefs‘ practically every time I think about the topics or find out what someone else is thinking.

I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.

I love reading people. I really enjoy watching, observing, and being able to figure out a person, the reason they wore that dress, the reason they smell the way they do.

God knows what we are going through when we grieve, and He wants to assure us of His love and concern. He also wants us to turn to Him and bring our heartaches and burdens to Him.

One’s only rival is one’s own potentialities. One’s only failure is failing to live up to one’s own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.

You’re president, if you conclude my judgment is not the right judgment, I abide by that, but I want an opportunity to have an input.

We’ve persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people – a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it’s time to turn the page.

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

Except for the title ‚father,‘ there is no title, including ‚vice president,‘ that I am more proud to wear than that of United States senator.

I’m an introvert somewhat. There could be a room full of people, I’ll go stand in the corner.

I don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.