I’m focusing on me. I’m focusing on my family’s security, my family’s financial security, so that’s all I can do.

‚Doo-wop‘ is a very special word for me. Because I grew up listening to my dad who, as a Fifties rock & roll head, loved doo-wop music.

My three children have brought me great joy.

I am proud to have been born in Iowa. Through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, it was a place of adventure and daily discoveries – the wonder of the growing crops, the excitements of the harvest, the journeys to the woods for nuts and hunting, the joys of snowy winters, the comfort of the family fireside, of good food and tender care.

Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they’re eating sandwiches.

I refuse to feel guilty. I feel guilty about too much in my life but not about money. I went through periods when I had nothing, so somebody in my family has to get stinkin‘ wealthy.

Hmm, on my downtime, I take a shower or listen to the Bible on tape.

My whole family are hams. They’re storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one.

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

When I was nine years old, living on the south side of Chicago, my father was a minister and my mother used to scrub floors. I had seven brothers and four sisters. I told my mama, ‚One of these days I’m going to be big and strong and buy you a beautiful house.‘ That’s all I’ve ever wanted to do with my life, is to take care of my mother.

Pfft, I hate Christmas Day. It’s for children and families. Not for people like me.

My mom is very religious – Catholic – and from a young age they brought me to the church.

If you have a family mission statement that clarifies what your purpose is, then you use that as the criterion by which you make the decisions.

Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work.

He didn’t come out of my belly, but my God, I’ve made his bones, because I’ve attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I’m so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride.

The mother of a family should look upon her housekeeping and the planning of meals as a scientific occupation.

I’ve always wanted a baby.

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

She would have thrived as a grandmother. I know how much she would have contributed to their lives, and I am sad they will miss out on that.

It is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.

Mum had done everything you need to educate a kid. She made me a kid who likes books and she told me about ‚Wind in the Willows‘ and read it and I thought this is weird, Rat, Mole, Toad and my first ever Bolshie thought – you know about ‚The Wind in the Willows.‘

Thanks to Botox and fillers, as well as the work that I’ve already had, my face pretty much maintains itself.

I sang a song at my sister’s wedding. My mother forced me into that, too. But that one felt all right.

I believe everyone should have a good death. You know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. Because after all, tears are appropriate on a death bed. And you say goodbye to your loved ones, making certain that one of them has been left behind to look after the shop.

Before I was born, my father told my mother, ‚If it’s a boy, he’s going to be a scientist.‘

Legacy is a stupid thing! I don’t want a legacy.

We want to do a lot of stuff; we’re not in great shape. We didn’t get a good night’s sleep. We’re a little depressed. Coffee solves all these problems in one delightful little cup.

When I was younger, I was testing myself and questioning everything, but now it’s less about that and more about these are the years of my life with my family.

I don’t take showers at night, because I take a bath when I wake up. Then I go to bed on the most beautiful Egyptian-cotton antique sheets in the world.

There are three faithful friends – an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

My dream is to be World Lightweight Champion in the UFC. Have more money than I know what to do with. And have a great life for my kids, grandkids, and everyone in my family.

The person who doesn’t scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs.

If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.

Any man who doesn’t love his mama can’t be no friend of mine.

It’s true; once you are a father, there’s no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.

Why do people sit up so late, or, more rarely, get up so early? Not because the day is not long enough, but because they have no time in the day to themselves.

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‚to do‘ list.

My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn’t speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind – like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.

I was fortunate and I was lucky that I had a couple of people in my life who cared about me. I had good, loving parents.

I don’t carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.

Music is so therapeutic for me that if I can’t get it out, I start feeling bad about myself – a lot of self-loathing.

My kids are the funniest two human beings there are.

Where thou art, that is home.

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

I’m happiest with my family around me.

I wasn’t allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it.

I know I’m talented, but I wasn’t put here to sing. I was put here to be a wife and a mom and look after my family. I love what I do, but it’s not where it begins and ends.

I didn’t have a father figure in the house.

Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.

My mother loved children – she would have given anything if I had been one.

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.

I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.

Treat your children like the blessings they are or don’t have them at all.

It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.

People need to be insured so when you have an accident out there, or when something catastrophic happens to you, that you’re covered and there’s not someone else has to pay for you. That is as simple as that.

I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.

Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast.

It’s not called quitting if you quit while you ahead. It’s about being aware and being strategic enough to know that you got to get out the pool at some point. You got to put your clothes back on and dry off.

I like to take it easy.