“I had teachers who said I was not good enough. So, I said I will become good enough. So I became this guy who became obsessed to become good enough. Now I sit down and tell people who I was. Now, I say, ‘Do you know who I am?’”

When I feel good about myself, things start happening for myself. When you look up, you go up.

God, my parents, my wife. I don’t have a lot of friends, because I’m always moving around. I don’t drink, so I don’t hang out in bars. But they’ve been very big in my life. Because they have helped to encourage me.

My God given talent is my ability to stick with training longer than anybody else.

I wouldn’t change anything about my past, because it’s made me who I am today. You have to remember: You need to crack some eggs to make omelettes. And I did crack some eggs.

Success is just being happy. And I try so many different things. I do a lot of different things. Because I think God has helped me to love myself. I know who God is, and I love God.

If you dedicate yourself to something, you can achieve it. It’s simple, but it’s true, and your age is just an excuse.

I never dreamed about being an actor, because that was out of reach. Coming from a small town that was big in farming, and also big in clothing factories, you don’t dream about being a professional football player or an actor.

If you train hard, you’ll not only be hard, you’ll be hard to beat.

One thing I’ve done in my life is train year-round to compete at anything, anything. I’ve got an invitation now to maybe be on the karate team for the Barcelona Olympics. I’m debating whether I want to do that. I just love to compete, and I want to win.

I always said I wanted to be a great athlete, ever since I was an overweight little kid. I just love competing in any kind of athletics.

MMA is my love.

I’m just not a guy that loves to eat. I love to work and love to work out. I think I go against all the nutritionists who say you need to do this or need to do that, so I’m one of the oddballs.

Coming from a small town it was tough to dream big. When I grew up in a small town in Georgia, my biggest dream was one day to be able to go to Atlanta.

I don’t worry about protein. I don’t worry about all that. I’m from old school. I grew up in south Georgia. They didn’t worry about cholesterol or protein. They went out and worked and lived a long time, so I don’t put a lot of worries in my mind.

Growing up, I started developing confidence in what I felt. My parents helped me to believe in myself. I wasn’t the best looking guy, I wasn’t the best athlete in the world, but they made me feel good about myself.

When I started out as a little kid, I didn’t say ‘I just want to run football.’ I wanted to be a great athlete.

She was a moon, that vanished and transformed into fullness.

Transformation begins in you, wherever you are, whatever has happened, however you are suffering. Transformation is always possible.

Forgiveness for others and yourself too will transform your world into a beautiful view.

If what we are doing is not seen by some people as science fiction, it’s probably not transformative enough.

She is a voice that can never be silenced, even if her echoes are transformed from blood and ink to rare gems.

The challenge we’re facing in our country is about more than the actions of a few. It’s about how to transform a justice system that doesn’t work equally for all.

Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.

Transform jealousy to admiration, and what you admire will become part of your life.