I think you take a job, you owe it as much passion as the job itself demands. And most jobs demand that you be totally committed.

People say it's a movie about boxing, but... I don't agree at all. I don't think it's a movie about boxing. Boxing is like a platform. It's just a stage where this is played out.

Literacy could be the ladder out of poverty

I've never had any intimate relationships with a dolphin.

Still, it can be more effective to accomplish what you need to accomplish with the minimum effort. Watch Anthony Hopkins. He doesn't appear to be doing anything. He is so still that you can't see him working, but you are drawn into his character through his very stillness.

I know American football. I know a little bit about soccer. I know baseball, I know basketball. But, rugby is a foreign language.

Is listening important? I can't think of a single walk of life where it wouldn't be.