On the high wire, within months, I'm able to master all the tricks they do in the circus, except I am not satisfied.
I have been expelled from five different schools when I was a kid. And I learned basically all what I do by myself.
When a loved one disappears, you continue to live with the accompaniment of that person. One has to find a balance between joy and sorrow.
To be able to create fully, it's maybe fine that you learn the rules, but you have to forget and to rebel against those rules.
Wire-walking in performance is one thing - I never fell, of course. If I had, I wouldn't be here talking about it.
I was aiming for the cooks that I've talked to by teaching an online course and by traveling, listening to people who are really busy and harried but want to be cooking.
When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live.
I'm blind in my left eye. Contrary to what people say, it is not a glass eye, so I have to protect my eyes at all cost.
People always talk about the nausea that comes with chemotherapy. For me, it's more like a queasiness. And it can be intense. It's an uncomfortable, gross kind of 'blech' feeling.
I'm probably not as big of a hip-hop fan as people may think. I'm not up on all the artists and know all their stuff.
I like to think I play rugby as it should be played - there are no yellow or red cards in my collection - but I cannot say I'm an angel.
Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldn't bear the thought of not being perfect or letting people down.
When you're obsessive, like me, searching for something unattainable can become unhealthy... it's like falling through the air and grabbing at the clouds.
Playing the game, representing the team, giving my all and never letting go has meant everything to me.
Michael Weiss and Todd Eldredge and I all competed against each other. Even though I'm older than them, we did cross over a little bit.
I would never scream at my kids, never raise my voice. But as they often tell me, they were so well behaved that screaming was not necessary.
The most important aspect of leading is knowing oneself. Know yourself, know the people around you, and then get on with it.
President Obama and Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi represent what mainstream America is rejecting about Washington, D.C. And that is this out of touch with the people.
President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and their team have failed the American people, and that is why their majority will soon be out the door.
The brain is a complex biological organ possessing immense computational capability: it constructs our sensory experience, regulates our thoughts and emotions, and controls our actions.
Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience.
