“Appearances can be misleading. You just never know whats inside someone until hes tested.”

“When youre as small as I am, people dont expect you to be much of an athlete. You either wilt under the weight of low expectations, or you rise above them.”

“Our culture has become so obsessed with celebrity that it’s easy to confuse fame with success. They are not the same thing.”

“Appearances can be misleading. You just never know what’s inside someone until he’s tested.”

“When you’re as small as I am, people don’t expect you to be much of an athlete. You either wilt under the weight of low expectations, or you rise above them.”

“A cavalryman's horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be alowed to know this.”

“Above all, he loathed men who beat women; for, real men didnt exercise their strength on frail creatures, they joined the army and put Shazarias enemies in their graves.”

“Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world's problems?”

“There are only two things youll ever need to know about me, Farinand you should know them well. Im very smart, and Im very rich.”

“I will defend the absolute value of Mozart over Miley Cyrus, of course I will, but we should be wary of false dichotomies. You do not have to choose between one or the other. You can have both. The...”

“How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions?”

“Some people think football [soccer] is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.”

“Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.”

“Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.”