It's cool to see all your dreams come to fruition.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

You can have all the tools in the world but if you don't genuinely believe in yourself, it's useless.

God has already done everything He's going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you're going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.

You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself.

What I've learned in these 11 years is you just got to stay focused and believe in yourself and trust your own ability and judgment.

Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture... Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.

I just tried to find a fine line between muscling in and staying relaxed.

I've tried to rap, and I cannot do it.

I want to be a force that tries to revive the human spirit rather than crush it, to open possibilities rather than close them down. Sometimes a passionate negativity is the best way to do that.

In many parts, I start from the outside and then it triggers things within. For 'The Piano,' I went, 'I'm going to learn these piano pieces. I'm going to learn this sign language, and I'm going to do them all day every day, five days a week.' It was a totally physical thing.