My mother would take the Band-Aid off, clean the wound, and say, "Things that are covered don't heal well." Mother was right. Things that are covered do not heal well.

Instilling values of faith at an early age is important.

God gives you the resources for success. But it is up to you to recognize them and use them to their fullest.

What you can do is embrace what you have right now and to allow it to fill the vacancies of what you didn't get yesterday.

Too many people want the appearance of winning rather than the practices and hard work that create a true champion.

It's a culture shock to go from obscurity to notoriety in a flash. Its more to it than talent and money; its pressure, stress, enemies, critics; you have to develop relationships and a team. There are all of these things that go along with taking a leap and following your dreams.

I was raised in the Baptist church... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died.