I know who I am, I know what I believe, that's all I need to know. From there, you do what you need to do.

There’s a redemptive power that making a choice has rather than feeling like you’re an effect to all the things that are happening. Make a choice. Just decide what it’s gonna be, who you’re gonna be, how you are going to do it. Just decide. And from that point, the universe will get out of your way.

I do not have to build a perfect wall today. I just have to lay a perfect brick.

I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent. And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working. While the other guy's eatin'? I'm working. While the other guy's making love, I mean, I'm making love, too. But I'm working really hard at it.

The things that have been most valuable to me I did not learn in school. Traditional education is based on facts and figures and passing tests - not on a comprehension of the material and its application to your life.

So if you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life.

I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my 'Will Smith' thing and get paid.