Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.

The joy and love that I get from playing football are unbelievable. It is such a feeling that I want to give everything that I have got. I just enjoy it, I am living a life that I never even dreamt of.

I miss my singing career very much.

Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

There wasn’t much as a kid that inspired me in what I did as an adult, but I was always very interested in what motivates people, and in telling stories and building things.

My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted.

You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try.

If all you’re doing is grinding for the man, it’s going to burden you. Once you say, ‚Hey, I’m grinding for the man, but I’m putting money away, and this is part of my exit strategy,‘ you’re working for you.

Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.

I never thought of losing, but now that it‘ s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

Rule number one is: Beat your team-mate.

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

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.

Words are powerful; if you change your words, you can change your life.

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.

I believe that I’m one of the best in the world at what I do, and that’s all I’ve ever wanted to be.

I have promised myself that I’m going to do everything I can for as long as I can.

I wonder how many times people give up just before a breakthrough – when they are on the very brink of success.

Just try new things. Don’t be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?

Love is the answer to everything. It’s the only reason to do anything. If you don’t write stories you love, you’ll never make it. If you don’t write stories that other people love, you’ll never make it.

The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further.

Alas! You complain that your soul is out of tune. Then ask the Master to tune the heart-strings.

This industry has been really good to me. It’s been a great life. I’m not through yet. I’m ready when you are, Mr. DeMille.

I think my vice would be outdoing myself.

Without discipline, there’s no life at all.

I know Elon, we’re very like minded in many ways. We’re not conceptual twins. One thing I want us to do is go to Mars, but for me it’s one thing. He’s singularly focused on that. I think motivation wise, for me I don’t find that Plan B idea motivating. I don’t want a plan B for Earth, I want Plan B to make sure Plan A works.

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.

Dreams have only one owner at a time. That’s why dreamers are lonely.

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

I didn’t tell any of my friends that I wanted to be a comedian, because I was superstitious. I thought if I told people, it wouldn’t happen. So I kept it all in my head for years and years.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.

I’m not the sort to back away from a fight. I don’t believe in shrinking from anything. It’s not my speed; I’m a guy who meets adversities head on.

However my parents – both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.

I’ve always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.

You fail only if you stop writing.

Practice yourself, for heaven’s sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.

I had a good time boxing. I enjoyed it – and I may come back.

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.

On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit.

Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

Dreams are the guiding words of the soul. Why should I henceforth not love my dreams and not make their riddling images into objects of my daily consideration?

If we’re really honest with ourselves, most of us will admit that we want to impress people, and this is what’s causing us to do what we do.

In all seriousness, people think that it’s the ideas that are important. Well, everyone has ideas, all the time. I tend to write mine down and remember them, but at some point you have to apply the bum to the seat and knock out about sixty five thousand words – that’s how long a novel is.

If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‚Why the hell not?‘