I cook, I create, I’m incredibly excited by what I do, I’ve still got a lot to achieve.

I didn’t have nothin‘ going for me… school, home… until I found something I loved, which was music, and that changed everything.

I’m a writer first and a singer second.

Racing, competing, it’s in my blood. It’s part of me, it’s part of my life; I have been doing it all my life and it stands out above everything else.

Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.

If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around .600.

I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.

I like entertaining people. I really miss it.

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further than that and our opportunities are unlimited.

As an artist your first loyalty is to your art. Unless this is the case, you’re going to be a second-rate artist.

I would say that jazz is my own language.

Just because I managed to do a little something, I don’t want anyone back home to think I got the big head.

It is no use saying, ‚We are doing our best.‘ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

It all went wrong with football, the thing I loved most of all, and from there, my life slowly fell apart.

I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.

I feel that when you care about your music, taking risks is something you should do to keep things exciting.

Whatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hard towards it. Don’t look anywhere else. There will be a few distractions, but if you can be true to yourself, you will be successful for sure.

I don’t have a vast longing for the stage.

Art was, seriously, the only thing I’d ever wanted to own. It has always been for me a stable nourishment. I use it. It can change the way that I feel in the mornings.

The great thing about America is that you can come from the worst circumstances and become something remarkable.

Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them.

Being a stand-up is my mission in life; it’s my passion. My ongoing goal is to simply be funny, on my own, in front of a roomful of strangers.

Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.

As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.

It’s a great, great experience to finally get the reception that you know you rightfully deserve.

Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.

I just want to do well with the national team.

Not bragging by any means, but I could have done a lot of other stuff as far as working in films go and working in television… I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.

The companies that work are the ones that people really care about and have a vision for the world so do something you like.

There is nothing better than getting shot at and missed. It’s really great.

What one has to do usually can be done.

The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

To not follow your passion in life is a recipe for failure and unhappiness.

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when I didn’t write. I started again at 16 and have no idea why, but it was suddenly the only thing I wanted to do.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword – two jackets, one that’s driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man.

It is extremely difficult to say how long the process actually took to finally achieve my fragrance, Boudoir, because there was a lot of time waiting around for other people.

Fighting football, not serenity football – that is what I like.

I love football and the intensity of football in Liverpool, this is what is very good for me.

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you’ll be amazed at the results.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

I love being in a courtroom.

Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to a Swiss farm, and live entirely surrounded by cows – and china.

I still love football, though, and I think cooking is like football. It’s not a job, it’s a passion. When you become good at it, it’s a dream job and financially you need never to worry. Ever.

The people you choose to have around you make all the difference. My family and close friends keep me grounded. You have to have a mind of your own and a strong head on your shoulders. Cricket is the most important thing to me, so the rest of it pales in comparison.

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

Passion is needed for any great work, and for the revolution, passion and audacity are required in big doses.

To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods.

No one remembers who climbed Mount Everest the second time.

Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.

Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

And winning is a huge thing for me.

I always want to create and do things, or draw.

With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains. I know. I’ve done it.

When I am playing baseball, I give it all that I have on the ball field. When the ball game is over, I certainly don’t take it home. My little girl who is sitting out there wouldn’t know the difference between a third strike and a foul ball. We don’t talk about baseball at home.