Ever since I was a little kid, I wanted to be in combat.

I always say I wanna work with Alicia Keys. I’m in awe of her.

One must steer, not talk.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

The only thing I have to go by is what my mother and father told me, how I was brought up.

Boot camp sucks – SEAL training sucks – but you know what? That’s what makes you good.

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.

When I was a young kid, I did not even dream about playing for my country. It was such a farfetched thing to play for India.

I focus on my own job.

I was of the generation where most of the Disney princesses and female characters were not girls that I admired. They just weren’t characters I looked up to and identified with.

Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.

Elegance is usually confused with superficiality, fashion, lack of depth. This is a serious mistake: human beings need to have elegance in their actions and in their posture because this word is synonymous with good taste, amiability, equilibrium and harmony.

I know I want to always do the best I can.

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

You do projects with the hope they will be big and hope they will go beyond what you imagine.

I think it’s OK to be confident in yourself.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

People who pity themselves think, ‚Why would I try to do anything? I’ll just fail.‘

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

I do have motivation. A lot of motivation.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.

When we see the face of a child, we think of the future. We think of their dreams about what they might become, and what they might accomplish.

I am confident I will set foot again in Tibet in my lifetime.

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.

I booked my first studio at like 12 or 13. Somewhere in that season of my life, singing along with the radio became me wanting to be on radio, you know. And writing Langston Hughes replica poems became me wanting to write like Stevie Wonder.

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.

Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

You have a more interesting life if you wear impressive clothes.

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

Every artist wants something different out the game.

If you have the insight of non-self, if you have the insight of impermanence, you should make that insight into a concentration that you keep alive throughout the day. Then what you say, what you think, and what you do will then be in the light of that wisdom and you will avoid making mistakes and creating suffering.

I think people take me as seriously as I want them to. They take me as seriously as I take myself – let’s put it that way.

Of course, individual change doesn’t make much difference in a holistic picture… but we need both systemic change and individual change.

Hopefully I won’t be the last big splash at Under Armour.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition – such as lifting weights – we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.

Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.

What’s dangerous is not to evolve.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

So much of what we do every single day is the result of habits that we have formed over time.

The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.

When I was 8 years old, I saw ‚Raiders of the Lost Ark‘ in Charlotte, North Carolina. I walked out of there and was so inspired. I loved the movie, and I knew I wanted to be that guy.

The prospect of dating someone in her twenties becomes less appealing as you get older. At some point in your life, your tolerance level goes down and you realize that, with someone much younger, there’s nothing really to talk about.

A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That’s where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It’s having backbone.

I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.

It is important for you to know who you are and who you may become. It is more important than what you do, even as vital as your work is and will be.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is good… Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world a better place.

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.