“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.”

I’m young; I’m handsome; I’m fast. I can’t possibly be beat.

No one starts out on top. You have to work your way up.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.

We all have the same God, we just serve him differently.

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

It’s hard to beat a guy when he’s got his mind made up that he’s going to win.

You’re not going to enjoy every minute of the journey, but the success you’ll find at the end will make it all worth it.

Once we realize we are all members of humanity, we will want to compete in the spirit of love.

When a man says I cannot, he has made a suggestion to himself. He has weakened his power of accomplishing that which otherwise would have been accomplished.

I try to learn as much as I can because I know nothing compared to what I need to know.

Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams – they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do – they all contain truths

Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams – they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do – they all contain truths

Jokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.

God will not place a burden on a man’s shoulders knowing that he cannot carry it.

Science, for me, gives a partial explanation for life. In so far as it goes, it is based on fact, experience and experiment.

It would take too long to explain the intimate alliance of contradictions in human nature which makes love itself wear at times the desperate shape of betrayal. And perhaps there is no possible explanation.

To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.

I believe all complicated phenomena can be explained by simpler scientific principles.

Only that which does not teach, which does not cry out, which does not condescend, which does not explain, is irresistible.

I don’t pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you’d imagine. I’m interested in other people’s experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can’t explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.

Mohan Raja is an interesting filmmaker. He is constantly, if I may use the word, contradicting himself. He explains a scene, and then he will try to break that and rebuild it. That, to me, is filmmaking. Every scene is constructed after a lot of discussions.

It’s an unexplainable feeling, an expression. It’s a touch, it’s a feel. Once you feel it, it’s like no other thing in the world.