The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can't let yourself be beat because of lack of effort.

I'm not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.

I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me try harder next time.

Sometimes I wonder what it will be like to look back on all this. Whether it will seem real.

You have to be uncompromised in your level of commitment to whatever you are doing, or it can disappear as fast as it appeared... Excellence isn't a one-week or one-year ideal. It's a constant. There will be days when you don't feel on top of your game, or meetings in which you aren't at your best, but your commitment remains constant. No compromises.

Republicans buy sneakers, too.

My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.