You hate to see yourself do one draft of a script and then have somebody else come back in and change what you've done.
I love being a dad, and I'm good at it. Kids teach you about life, like how not to focus on yourself so much.
Dreams really tell you about yourself more than anything else in this world could ever tell you.
Homeschoolers are the ultimate do-it-yourselfers. They are self-motivated and self-directed, independent-minded and creative. They are not content to turn their education of their children over to the government.
We groove off of everything, any sort of live show. The inner dialogue you're having with yourself, between you and the music, is for me the search for God.
Great masters neither want nor need your worship. Your greatest gift to them and yourself is to emulate their divinity by claiming it as your own.
The great thing about sports is you constantly have to prove yourself. You constantly have to go out there and do it, day in and day out.
You must always have great, secret, big fat hopes for yourself in love and in life. The bigger, the better.
You have to be equal at both - great at football and great at dedicating yourself to the academics at Notre Dame. It's hard. There are no rooty-toot classes for athletes in South Bend.
Being in the studio is okay but sitting in a room by yourself composing is a discipline that takes a certain type of mind set and Tommy has a great gift for that as did the previous guy.
It's a great thing when you feel that you recognize yourself, deeply and movingly, in a work of literature.
I think there are those individuals who are intimidated by really smart, talented people. But for me, surrounding yourself with great talent is the key to success.
That's one of the great things about acting - you get to pretend you're somebody else, which is great if you get bored with yourself.
I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process.
I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more.
To this day, I don't like people walking on stage not looking good. You have to look good. If you feel special about yourself then you're going to play special.
Knowing that I'm not a model and I'm never going to be has relieved me of the pressure of looking good. If you don't establish yourself as McDreamy then you don't have to live up to it.
My advice to young wrestlers is that your surroundings really make a difference. You want to put yourself in good, positive surroundings.
I think I had really good parents. I got really lucky. They said, 'You're a woman; enjoy yourself and believe that you can do things.'
If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure. It transcends all barriers.
I think it's good to have pressure on yourself. The worst crime is to get kind of really complacent.
