"If you're not making some mistakes, it probably means you're not trying hard enough."

“Prepare for war, since you have been unable to endure a peace.”

Source : "Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 30". Book by Livy, www.perseus.tufts.edu. 1949.

“My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.”

Source : "Hale Irwin honored with Nicholson Award, talks golf and football". Interview, www.denverpost.com. May 8, 2012.

“Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat.”

“It may be providence's will that the cause I represent may prosper more by my suffering than by my remaining free.”

Source : Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1919). “Bal Gangadhar Tilak: His Writings and Speeches”

“I would not say that I was, these days, a 'student' of philosophy, although in my youth I was quite deeply involved with certain aspects of the British pragmatists.”

“Chinese movies are not just about making Chinese local movies. It's about the Chinese money, the Chinese creativeness participating in a global movie. The problem is not the government not supporting this, they of course support this big time. The problem is whether other people are capable of doing the same thing I'm doing.”

“I'd like to direct at some point. But I don't know because 10 years ago I would have never imagined that I'd be here. So in 10 years from now, I might be running a rodeo.”

“For one year I did go to Performing Arts School, and I had very weird friends.”