I don’t really focus on these things – on what tags are given to me or what people think of me off the field – stuff like that. My main focus is always to do well on the field for the Indian cricket team. When people say good things about me off the field, I am more than happy to accept them.

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

I can’t act!

Dancers are always striving for perfection. A great dancer never achieves it: you always want to do another turn, a higher jump,a more difficult acrobatic jump.

With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look – for dizzier heights.

Whenever I’m around some who is modest, I think, ‚Run like hell and all of fire.‘ You don’t want modesty, you want humility.

Men like a ref decision because they just want to get back to the game.

There’s many ups and downs in the fight game.

The first two games for Churchill, I was so jittery that I didn’t know what to do. I was running more but didn’t know what to do. I’ve no bones accepting the fact that I didn’t know what was happening in the game.

Little things affect little minds.

There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed, too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury.

America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores. All kinds of people. The image of the Statue of Liberty with Emma Lazarus‘ famous poem. She lifts her lamp and welcomes people to the golden shore, where they will not experience prejudice because of the color of their skin, the religious faith that they follow.

I’m sure the feeling of fear, as long as you can take advantage of it and not be rendered useless by it, can make you extend yourself beyond what you would regard as your capacity. If you’re afraid, the blood seems to flow freely through the veins, and you really do feel a sense of stimulation.

I like playing for the purple and gold. This is where I want to finish up.

I never go into a situation with any type of expectations.

The more players I have, the more difficult choices there are for me, but the better it is for LFC.

When you have peace in yourself and accept, then you are calm enough to do something, but if you are carried by despair, there is no hope.

God is not upset that Gandhi was not a Christian, because God is not a Christian! All of God’s children and their different faiths help us to realize the immensity of God.

Of course awards matter.

Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.

I noticed that when I touched the ball on the field, you could hear this shrill noise in the crowd with all the birds screaming like at a Beatles concert.

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

I hope the fans have enjoyed listening as much as I’ve enjoyed doing the games. I don’t ever go to the park where I don’t have a good day. I don’t like losing. But I don’t think I ever go to the park where I have a bad day. I don’t think once.

When one’s expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have.

It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms.

When I used to play sports, I’d be the one cheering the team on, ‚Come on, we can beat these guys!‘ That’s just in me.

I get so excited when a song I wrote that’s very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me.

When there’s so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you’ve already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the good old days?

I believe in the Golden Rule – The Man with the Gold… Rules.

If you don’t set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you.

I believe that when you think of the negative, and you get up discouraged – ‚There’s nothing good in my future‘ – I really believe it almost ties the hands of God. God works where there’s an attitude of faith. I believe faith is all about hope.

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.

The music we do is for people to enjoy, dance and sing to it. Dreamers – keep on dreaming and keep working hard to achieve your goals. There are many difficulties, but what matters is to stay focused and have perseverance.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.

A man is but the product of his thoughts, what he thinks he becomes.

Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.

Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately.

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

I’m not going to lie; listen, I’m nice at basketball.

I’ve got no need to prove to myself that I can do Shakespeare. I’ve done it.

I try to see the good in everybody, and I don’t care who people are as long as they’re themselves, whatever that is.

I was in my late thirties when my eyes were opened to truth in God’s Word that showed me I wasn’t living the abundant life Jesus died for me to have. I had a very negative mindset and was miserable most of the time because of the abuse I had experienced throughout my childhood.

Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.

When I’m out on the football field, I have so much confidence in what I’m doing.

There’s a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven’t. You just do the best you can.

Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.

God tells us not to judge one another, no matter what anyone’s sexual preferences are or if they’re black, brown or purple.

The mind of a 19-year-old is very different from the mind of a 26-year-old. You grow. You get into better relationships. You experience more, meet more people, better people. But when you’re in a dark hole at an earlier point in your life – you write about the mindset you’re in at that moment.

There is something special which rides on a game between Liverpool and United.

Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

When I’m really interested in something, I get superfocused on that. And I can spend hours upon hours not getting tired of reading about it and still be interested to learn more about it.

A lifetime contract for a coach means if you’re ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can’t fire you.

I meet young people who know me and are familiar with my stuff. They know the package. They might have cherry-picked five or six key tunes. That’s how it seems to work. I sometimes wonder if they realise they are not getting the whole context.

You can say that 2016 was my finest. It went well for the national team, started by winning the SAFF Cup, we reached the finals of AFC Cup, we reached the semis of ISL. I think it was a fruitful season.

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

I’m actually starting to like more and more people who have convictions that are unpopular.

People tend to dwell more on negative things than on good things. So the mind then becomes obsessed with negative things, with judgments, guilt and anxiety produced by thoughts about the future and so on.

Basketball is booming, and it’s not just an Under Armour standpoint: it’s about the game itself. Kids going out and playing and being inspired by what we do on the court.

There is a place in the net where the keeper cannot reach the ball.

It’s a philosophy of life. A practice. If you do this, something will change, what will change is that you will change, your life will change, and if you can change you, you can perhaps change the world.

I can handle pain.