The more you think you know, the more closed-minded you'll be.

Meditation helps you stay in a calm, clear-headed state so that when challenges come at you, you can deal with them like a ninja - in a calm thoughtful way. When you're centered, your emotions are not hijacking you.

Be wary of the arrogant intellectual who comments from the stands without having played on the field.

I do think people need to recognize that a lot of journalists want to write a story a certain way because the story will be better or the portrayal will be better, or at least recognize that whenever you're looking at something, you're seeing it through somebody's eyes who may actually not be the person who is the most insightful.

I think meditation has been the single biggest reason for whatever success Ive had

I notice a difference from the moment I meditate.

If you have the power to see things through somebody else's eyes, it's like going from black and white to color or two dimensions to three dimensions.