If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.

WWE is a space where I thrived, and I loved, and I still do. I love connecting with an audience; that is the greatest thing about going back to WWE.

Giving is true having.

For all the supporters of Tesla over the years, and it’s been several years now and there have been some very tough times, I’d just like to say thank you very much. I deeply appreciate the support, particularly through the darkest times.

I’d have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.

I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.

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.

Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth.

Howard Zinn was magical as a teacher. Witty, irreverent, and wise, he loved what he was teaching and clearly wanted his students to love it, also.

If you look at the history of Notre Dame, if you hire a coach who’s been successful at another college program, they’re going to be ultra successful at Notre Dame because the talent will always be there.

Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.

Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.

I’d just as soon play tennis with the net down.

In India, people are really glued to the Premier League and La Liga.

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

It’s important to love in hip hop.

I don’t know what acting is, but I enjoy it.

I would say that jazz is my own language.

It doesn’t matter if you want to be a teacher, an astronaut, or a reggaeton singer, you need to study.

I’ve made money, and I’ve been ripped off. I’ve had creative freedom, and I’ve been pressured to make hits. I have dealt with diva behavior from crazy musicians, and I have seen genius records by wonderful artists get completely ignored. I love music. I always will.

Good governance with good intentions is the hallmark of our government. Implementation with integrity is our core passion.

I don’t really care how the Patriots are perceived, truthfully. I really don’t. I really don’t. Look, if you’re a fan of our team, you root for us, you believe in our team, and you believe in what we’re trying to accomplish. If you’re not a fan of us, you have a different opinion.

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

How sweet it is to learn the Savior’s love when nobody else loves us! When friends flee, what a blessed thing it is to see that the Savior does not forsake us but still keeps us and holds us fast and clings to us and will not let us go!

The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.

An employer of mine back in the ’80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and it made a big difference in my life that I knew I was the sort of person who showed up on time. It’s a basic tell of character.

You don’t come into cooking to get rich.

To be honest, there are no problems between me and Messi. People have their own opinions about who they think is the better player. It is what it is, but there is no rivalry beyond games and what happens on the pitch.

I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I’d have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.

At times in my life the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage.

Even with all of the things that are so awful, if you walk into your yard and stay there looking at almost anything for five minutes, you will be stunned by how marvelous life is and how incredibly lucky we are to have it.

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

Look folks, we know who built this country and we know who is going to rebuild it. It’s you. Instead of vilifying you, we should be thanking you. We owe you.

My doorman is more important to me than any head of any company. He keeps us safe.

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

Every season is a new challenge to me, and I always set out to improve in terms of games, goals, assists.

He has the most who is most content with the least.

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

It takes up enough of my time and interest just working on comedy. I just enjoy it and love doing it.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

It seems like when I was growing up there was more compromise, wanting to work with each other, and I think all of them – all of the lawmakers – have hearts to do what’s right, and they all are passionate about it.

If you’re going to spend two years of your life on something, it has to matter to you; you have to be passionate about it.

I wanted to be in a punk band before I had even heard any punk music.

For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.

Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.

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.

The more nobly a man wills and acts, the more avid he becomes for great and sublime aims to pursue. He will no longer be content with family, country, and the remunerative aspect of his work. He will want wider organisations to create, new paths to blaze, causes to uphold, truths to discover, an ideal to cherish and defend.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Career highlights? I had two – I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.

Music helps me tell my story. That’s where I can really be heard. But there’s so much focus on the things that aren’t music.

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

An artist or a creative person of any kind goes about their work because it’s their path, it’s what excites them, it’s what aligns their soul with who they truly are, who they showed up to be.

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.

Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.

I’ve been blessed in that regard through and through. So I’m just thankful for this opportunity to play the game that I love and share that with the world.

Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.