“For every guy, there is an opportunity to be a lot better than he thought he could be. We can’t all be the star of the team, but we can be a star in our life. That’s where you set your goal.”

I have tons of regrets, but I think that’s one of the reasons that push people to create things. Out of their angst, their regret, comes the best from artists, painters and writers.

Suddenly I’ve got an overwhelming desire to surround myself with the aura of classical and Romantic art.

I think everyone has a certain kind of formula in their life. When you deviate from that formula, you’re going to fail big or you’re gonna win big.

Rocky’ represents the optimistic side of life, and ‘Rambo’ represents purgatory.

If it’s not broken, break it. That’s how new discoveries are made. That’s why everything that changes life is called a breakthrough.

I’m more focused and have a greater sense of challenge, because I constantly feel the weight of time.

Movies are a collective art. Art by proxy.

Every generation has to find their own heroes.

Love is absolute loyalty. People fade, looks fade, but the loyalty never fades.

I respect a woman too much to marry her.

If you’re willing to take the humiliation of sticking your head above the crowd, maybe it’s, you know, the pleasure will be worth the pain.

I’m a big believer that, in life, we can’t succeed in everything. Most times, we lose.

The more I go to church and the more I turn myself over to the process of believing in Jesus and listening to His Word and having Him guide my hand, I feel as though the pressure is off me now.

You are what you leave behind.

Action is always seen as the bottom rung of thespian endeavour, that’s just the way it is.

Gangster is the truest friend I can ever ask for.

Listening to a woman is almost as bad as losing to one. There are only three things that women are better at than men: cleaning, cooking, and having sex.

I know how bad Albany is. I know it better than most. I understand why people are angry. I’m angry. The question is going to be, how do you change Albany, what is the plan for change, and then how do you actually get it done?

If you are going to wait for someone to encourage you to do something, you just better give up.

Leadership is not bullying and leadership is not aggression. Leadership is the expectation that you can use your voice for good. That you can make the world a better place.

There is no dispute that Albany needs to be changed. There is no dispute that the current situation in Albany is untenable. Nobody knows that better than I do.

The nicer the point, the more — the better I feel, the more excited I get. But I never play that my opponent looks stupid. I think that is wrong. I have too much respect for every opponent I play.

Give us a world where half our homes are run by men and half our institutions are run by women. I’m pretty sure that would be a better world.

I’m a singer. I’m a dancer. I’m a performer. I’m an actress. That’s what I’m supposed to be doing. It makes me a better parent, a better person. I think I can just handle more than the average bear, you know?