“I don’t like games. You’re robbing the precious time of children to be children. They need to be in touch with the real world more.”

I get inspiration from my everyday life.

In this world of ours, the sparrow must live like a hawk if he is to fly at all.

Cut off a wolf’s head and it still has the power to bite.

What you mean by ‘peace’ is nothing more than the endless repetition of human folly.

To be born means being compelled to choose an era, a place, a life. To exist here, now, means to lost the possibility of being countless other potential selves.

I would like to make a film to tell children “it’s good to be alive”.

We get strength and encouragement from watching children.

Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same.

No matter how many weapons you have, no matter how great your technology might be, the world cannot live without love.

I don’t intentionally make deep movies.

It is important to make a child aware of the existence of a weird creature like a water spider that breathes through its backside.

I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.

I think that in the essence of human civilization, we have the desire to become rich without limit, by taking the lives of other creatures.

I think that in the essence of human civilization, we have the desire to become rich without limit, by taking the lives of other creatures.

The future is clear. It’s going to fall apart. What’s the use in worrying? It’s inevitable.

Whenever someone creates something with all of their heart, then that creation is given a soul.

I idolize my kid sister, so I get it. I understand why other people do too.

I’m gonna make sure you talk about me, and your grandkids and kids after that gonna know about me…your great grandkids will say “wow, wasn’t that a bizarre individual?”

I still feel I am that 14-year-old kid, hungry and trying to find a way through life. That’s what I’m trying to develop, trying to be good at something through boxing. But I feel like that young kid who’s trying and trying.

I look at my children and one thing I’m most proud of, in my heart, are my children.

I ain’t never preyed on the weak. I ain’t never gone and picked on a guy that I knew I could beat up, even as a kid. People wanna make me seem like I’m [that] type of guy.

Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.

Ali was a legend of our sport. For me as a kid, he inspired me to represent myself like a champion in and out of the ring.

I really like to please people, and I think it’s a symptom of being an only child.