Courage is feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

I don't want to have to get the lesson of losing [things like health and moving about freely] to appreciate what it was.

The deepest courage we can exercise is continuing to believe in our dreams until we make them come true.

Self-esteem means knowing you are the dream.

If you can see it, and believe it, it is a LOT easier to achieve it

How do I define success? Let me tell you, money's pretty nice. But having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. What you want is money and meaning. You want your work to be meaningful, because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life.

I can't deny that Jerry Springer supposedly beating us didn't affect me. There was a point where I felt like, Golly, you work so hard, you try so hard and the people say they want meaningful television and then Jerry Springer ends up beating you. It was disturbing.