I don’t like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. I’m from New York. I will kill to get what I need.

There’s no reason why I can’t be a mogul. When I step into a room and I’m there to have a conversation, if it pertains to business, I want to be respected as a guy who knows what he’s talking about. And that, to me, holds more weight than anything else.

In the long run, your human capital is your main base of competition. Your leading indicator of where you’re going to be 20 years from now is how well you’re doing in your education system.

Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.

I’ve always strived to be successful, not famous.

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to be angels men rebel.

I’m not trying to take New York by storm. I just want to sneak in there, keep my head down, batten down the hatches and cook.

You can’t reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you’ll never lose people knowing you.

I love New York. I’m a guy for whom a New York accent is a comforting thing.

I wanted to use my fame and this face that everyone knows so well to help uplift and inspire people around the world.

Those people in New York are not gonna change me none.

I speak to you only as an American who happens to be an American Negro and one who is proud of that heritage. We ask for nothing special. We ask only that we be permitted to compete on an even basis, and if we are not worthy, then the competition shall, per se, eliminate us.

While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn’t the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.

In college, a loss is pretty devastating. That feeling kind of goes away in an 82-game season. You hate to lose, but you also have a lot more games to make up for it.

Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.

If a star or studio chief or any other great movie personages find themselves sitting among a lot of nobodies, they get frightened – as if somebody was trying to demote them.

A lot of the problems I had with fame I was bringing on myself. A lot of self-loathing, a lot of woe-is-me. Now I’m learning to see the positive side of things, instead of, like, ‚I can’t go to Kmart. I can’t take my kids to the haunted house.‘

Serious sport is war minus the shooting.

I came to New York to be a fine artist – that was my ambition.

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.

Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.

I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense… I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.

I loved what I did. I could’ve been secretary of state for ever.

And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he’s no longer God… They’ll turn on him, and I hope he survives it.

The first time I used a simulator was in 2014 when I was competing in the Ginetta Junior Championship.

Eight years ago, you may remember Hillary and I were rivals for the Democratic nomination. We battled for a year and a half. Let me tell you, it was tough, because Hillary was tough. I was worn out. She was doing everything I was doing, but just like Ginger Rogers, it was backwards in heels.

People say ‚I want to be rich‘. The question is, ‚Are you willing to do what it takes?‘

If the other fellow sells cheaper than you, it is called dumping. ‚Course, if you sell cheaper than him, that’s mass production.

The fame isn’t important to me. It’s a blessing to have. Having so many people that support me, that love me and listen to my music, is beautiful.

If you’re entering anything where there’s an existing marketplace, against large, entrenched competitors, then your product or service needs to be much better than theirs. It can’t be a little bit better, because then you put yourself in the shoes of the consumer… you’re always going to buy the trusted brand unless there’s a big difference.

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

Music is always a commentary on society.

What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn’t think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

I certainly would not like to end up in a tie-up with Ms. Rousey.

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow.

The average Hollywood film star’s ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.

For a true writer, each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.

In Dortmund, they say the derby is more important than the championship. You can feel it around the game.

Obviously everybody, if you’re playing in the league, you’ve got to have somewhat of an ego about how you play the game.

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.

Sometimes I’m fascinated with how famous my work could be while I’m not so famous.

My goal is to be number one in MMA.

Let my enemies devour each other.

Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.

Automotive franchise laws were put in place decades ago to prevent a manufacturer from unfairly opening stores in direct competition with an existing franchise dealer that had already invested time, money and effort to open and promote their business.

If you can build a business up big enough, it’s respectable.

Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.

Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert’s Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion.

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

I run New York City!

The female loves to play man against man. And if she is in a position to do it, there is not one who will resist.

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.

Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.

Everybody could be an entrepreneur, but very few will become very rich entrepreneurs.

Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one of the nice sights in our city, seeing a young woman on a bike.