“You know you're in trouble when your own imagination starts punishing you.”

“Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that's in rhythm or you're in trouble.”

“But it is important to know this, to know your roots. To know where you started as a person. If not, your own life seems unreal to you.”

“Did you know that a laugh is something that comes out of a hole in your face? Anywhere else and you're in dead trouble!”

“What you don't necessarily realize when you start selling your time by the hour is that what you're really selling is your.”

“There are no absolutes in relationships. You can't take anything for granted. You can count on absolutely nothing but the unexpected. You only get in trouble when you start thinking that you're some kind of exception to the rule.”

“At twenty you know you're not going to be a rock star… by twenty-five you know you're not going to be a dentist or a professional… by thirty, a darkness starts moving in - you wonder if you're ever going to be fulfilled, let alone wealthy or successful… by thirty-five, you know, basically, what you're going to be doing the rest of your life; you become resigned to your fate.”

“When you hit a wall – of your own imagined limitations – just kick it in.”

“It's like you're a character in this book that everyone around you is writing, and suddenly you have to say, 'I'm sorry, but this role isn't right for me'. And you have to start writing your own life and doing your own thing.”

“It's when people compliment you that you're in trouble. That means they expect you to keep it up.”