Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done.

People have to understand one thing: at the age of 18, I arrived at a dream club like Manchester United. It was a dream come true. But, even at that moment, I was thinking about playing in England for some years and then going to play in Spain. Even at that time I was thinking that way, and I always gave 100% everything.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.

The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.

If I waited for perfection… I would never write a word.

Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee.

I would storm the gates of Hell if Third Marine Air Wing was overhead.

One’s only rival is one’s own potentialities. One’s only failure is failing to live up to one’s own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.

Sometimes people make it seem like you have to have certain prerequisites or a crazy life story in order to be successful in this world. But the truth is you really don’t.

Commit yourself to a mighty purpose.

Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.

Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.

When I signed up for BFC, then-coach Ashley Westwood wanted me to play on the left as an attacking midfielder. I was not sure initially but I believed in his vision. For the first six-seven games, I didn’t really know what I was doing. I was like a headless chicken. But he kept backing me.

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

When things are going bad, don’t get all bummed out. Don’t get startled; don’t get frustrated. If you can say the word ‚good,‘ guess what? It means you’re still alive. It means you’re still breathing.

See, ‚A Time to Kill‘ was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do.

I don’t intend to stop making music.

Truth cannot be brought down; rather, the individual must make the effort to ascend to it. You cannot bring the mountaintop to the valley. If you would attain to the mountaintop, you must pass through the valley, climb the steeps, unafraid of the dangerous precipices.

He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

But, you know, you can’t be a star at home.

To be successful, you need results in a row. You can’t win, lose, win, lose.

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

I plan on taking athletics as far as I can.

Let us be shy no longer. Let us go to our strength. Let us offer hope. Let us tell the world that a new age is not only possible but probable.

Don’t give in to excuses that can keep you from really living the best life God has for you.

I want to elongate my cricketing career as a consistent player. I have personal goals I would like to achieve someday.

We all have a tendency to avoid our weaknesses. When we do that, we never progress or get any better.

Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.

For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.

A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.

No sooner said than done – so acts your man of worth.

One thing Britons have always been celebrated for, and that is being able to stick it out in a tight place.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

I think the message has already been sent to Hollywood, which is that this kid’s a hard worker, he’s talented, and people are coming out to see him. And when you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up.

I’m gonna go hard no matter what because I gotta feed my family, and I gotta feed myself.

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

I am prepared to resort to anything, to submit to anything, for the sake of the commonwealth.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Well I think any author or musician is anxious to have legitimate sales of their products, partly so they’re rewarded for their success, partly so they can go on and do new things.

With all the… success that I’ve been lucky enough to get? That doesn’t happen unless the home life is solid.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you’ll be able to see farther.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there… and still on your feet.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

Deficiency motivation doesn’t work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don’t want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.

I find a lot of inspiration through visuals. When I was 12, I saw Aurora’s ‚Runaway‘ music video. Something inside me clicked, like, ‚That is what I want to do, no matter whether it goes anywhere or not.‘

The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good.

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

The only way you gain mental toughness is to do things you’re not happy doing. If you continue doing things that you’re satisfied and make you happy, you’re not getting stronger. You’re staying where you’re at. Either you’re getting better, or you’re getting worse. You’re not staying the same.

When I prepare, I am not messing around. I find the right places, the right people, and the right environment. Iceland is one of those places.