For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

There is always room at the top.

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job.

Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret nor observes a promise.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

Above all things, respect yourself.