Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.
I think the way kids create is so inspiring. They're drawing a picture? They love the picture they drew; they're not tortured about it.
Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't have that?
Everything starts from a dot.
I know what it's like to struggle and to have those concerns that all mothers have.
The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.
The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball. There's winning and there's losing, and in life you have to know they both will happen. But what's never been acceptable to me is quitting.
Maturity: the confidence to have no opinions on many things.
An inspiring word for me is to think of myself as limitless.
What gets measured gets improved.
I tell young people all the time because they think I'm an overnight success I've been doing this for over 20 years! And that means inspiring and motivating people.
If a Million People See My Movie, I Hope They See a Million Different Movies.
The women of today are the thoughts of their mothers and grandmothers, embodied and made alive. They are active, capable, determined and bound to win. They have one-thousand generations back of them. . . Millions of women dead and gone are speaking through us today
What can a pencil do for all of us? Amazing things. It can write transcendent poetry, uplifting music, or life-changing equations; it can sketch the future, give life to untold beauty, and communicate the full-force of our love and aspirations.
'An order is an order' was not an excuse to do the wrong thing. You couldn't just blindly follow a government order. . . This whole issue of should the Supreme Court be the final arbiter of what is or isn't constitutional, was settled at Nuremberg. People everywhere need to understand and need to follow that.
With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.
It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.
There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness. . . The memory of my mother and her teachings were, after all, the only capital I had to start life with, and on that capital I have made my way.
