“No matter the nationality, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background, America brings out the best in people.”

Don’t be afraid to fail. Anything that I’ve ever attempted I was always willing to fail. You can’t always win, but don’t be afraid of making decisions.

You have to remember something: Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn.

Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.

If it can bleed, we can kill it.

You go back to the gym and you just do it again and again until you get it right.

In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.

Women are the engine driving the growth in California’s economy. Women make California’s economy unique.

Pain makes me grow. Growing is what I want. Therefore, for me pain is pleasure.

Luck is for the ill-prepared.

Confidence comes from victory, but strength comes from the struggle.

Discipline is what you use when you don’t want to do something, when you have to force yourself.

The writing is important, but the way you say the line and the pause you give it, the facial expression – all of that is very important.

All I know is that the first step is to create a vision, because when you see the vision – the beautiful vision – that creates the want power.

Marijuana. That’s not a drug, that’s a plant.

Political courage is not political suicide.

The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.

They support the concept of it even though they know it won’t work to keep guns out of the hands of criminals they figure ‘well if criminals aren’t supposed to have guns what’s the big deal about a background check,’

If you don’t have the background awareness of oneness, duality becomes real.

My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space.

In the way of circumstances and background to transcend I had everything an artist could possibly want. It was practically a blueprint.

Sometimes love is quite, lingering in the background until you least expect it. But love it always there for you

Sports can unite a group of people from different backgrounds, all working together to achieve a common goal.

Mr. McVicker instilled self-respect in those of us who were his students, because he respected us regardless of our background.

I’m a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.