No one came to our neighborhoods with stand-up jobs and showed us there's a different way. Maybe, had I seen different role models, maybe I'd've turned on to that.

The media wants overnight successes (so they have someone to tear down). Ignore them. Ignore the early adopter critics that never have enough to play with. Ignore your investors that want proven tactics and predictable instant results. Listen instead to your real customers, to your vision and make something for the long haul. Because that's how long it's going to take, guys.

There's a long history of people who spent that $300,000 on their first film and weren't quite ready, and then they never did it again 'cause they were out of synch with where they were, and they would never raise that money again.

Great players never look in the mirror and think I'm a great basketball player. You ask yourself, Am I the best player I can be?

In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision.

When I talk about money. All you see is the struggle. When I tell ya, I'm livin' large, you tell me, its trouble.